Republican President Annie Genevard has warned that her party is "
not at all ready to compromise
" on the immigration bill that the government plans to introduce in early 2023.
“
If there is a text on which we are not ready to compromise, it is this one.
We will be very demanding
, ”said the president of LR to AFP, pretending to wonder: “
Why are all countries adopting ever more restrictive legislation?
»
"Massive regulatory operation"
She was particularly concerned about the government's desire to create a “
stressed job
” residence permit because, according to her, “all jobs are under stress today.
"
We are dealing with a massive regularization operation
,
"
she said, taking up a recurring argument on the right, and worrying about a repetition of the 1970s "
when the industry massively needed labor foreign work
.
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"
I hear that business leaders need manpower, but after the problems, the requests for housing, services, we can't do it anymore, we can't integrate anymore
"
,
and "
we cannot have a single economic and accounting point of view on these issues
,” she said.
The bill should be accompanied by a tightening of the screws on evictions but, for Ms. Genevard, "
we will have to see
" because "
if we do not have strong measures, the situation is out of control
".
“
We have lost our sovereignty
”
,
she added, deploring that “
European courts are undermining French judges
”.
LR as the expression of the political choice of the right-wing people
While Les Républicains must elect their next president at the beginning of December, Annie Genevard estimated that "
the main challenge
" of the party would be to "
ensure that the right-wing people - who, we are told, are the majority in the country - identify LR as being the expression of his political choice
”.
While the three candidates - Éric Ciotti, Bruno Retailleau and Aurélien Pradié - promise renovation or rupture, Ms. Genevard estimated that "
there are signals to be given of a change
"
,
in particular "
in the internal functioning
".
“
But the change of name will not be enough to renovate and rebuild the party
”
,
she assured, while Bruno Retailleau believes that “
the brand is dead
”.