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Right to vote for foreigners: "vain provocation"

2022-08-10T18:02:21.690Z


The editorial of Le Figaro, by Yves Thréard. The planet is burning, our country is going up in smoke, inflation is galloping, the French are worried about their return to school, but this is the moment chosen by a deputy in need of publicity to bring out what in journalistic jargon is called a chestnut tree or a sea serpent. The idea of ​​granting the right to vote to non-European foreigners in municipal elections is a subject that comes up


The planet is burning, our country is going up in smoke, inflation is galloping, the French are worried about their return to school, but this is the moment chosen by a deputy in need of publicity to bring out what in journalistic jargon is called a chestnut tree or a sea serpent. The idea of ​​granting the right to vote to non-European foreigners in municipal elections is a subject that comes up regularly in the news.

Each time, the scenario is identical: the affair remains without follow-up, not without having previously provoked a lively controversy.

The bill tabled in early August by Sacha Houlié should not escape the rule: it will pollute the political debate before ending up in the dustbin of history.

The world is shaking on its foundations, but France is looking elsewhere...

Reputed to represent the left wing of macronism, the young president of the law commission of the Palais Bourbon undoubtedly wants to mark his territory.

And counterbalance the recent remarks of the Minister of the Interior, which he considers too right: Gérald Darmanin now intends to show himself…

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Source: lefigaro

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