Now is obviously not the time.
Defended by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, and expected from March 28 in the Senate Chamber, the examination of the immigration bill has now been postponed.
According to information from Public Sénat, confirmed by Le
Figaro
, this postponement was notably requested by the president (Les Républicains, LR) of the Upper House, Gérard Larcher, anxious to calm the situation while the pension reform has aroused strong divisions, including on the right.
An agreement was finally reached, after an exchange between the elected representative of Yvelines and Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday noon, during a lunch at the Élysée Palace in which the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, participated.
In the absence of an examination on the scheduled date, Gérald Darmanin offers several solutions.
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Among them, that of “
sausage
” the text into different pieces, according to the details of an adviser to the executive.
On the one hand, “
a bill with consensual measures, such as the simplification of the law in order to speed up the processing of asylum applications
”.
On the other, “
proposals of law or parliamentary initiatives on other subjects
”.
A report welcomed by LR
Even before its examination in the Senate Chamber, the text has been the subject of numerous criticisms from elected officials from both the right and the left.
The first criticize the regularization of illegal immigrants in “
short-lived occupations
”, the second the facilitation of expulsions.
Despite the
“balance”
touted by the executive, adoption by the National Assembly remained uncertain.
The choice of postponement is in any case welcomed by the LR deputies, whose votes were going to be essential to adopt the text in the National Assembly.
Pending official confirmation, the president of the LR group at the Palais Bourbon, Olivier Marleix, has already estimated on France Inter on Wednesday morning that the executive is "right" to record such a postponement,
as
this project "
does not does not meet the needs of the country
.
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“
You can't pretend when it comes to immigration control.
This text, I think he was pretending, that it was a communication text
, “he continued, assuring that”
as it stands
“, The Republicans “
would not have voted for it
”.
“
There is a lot of work, I think, for it to become presentable
,” added the elected official.
In the Senate, on the other hand, The Republicans were still waiting Wednesday morning to find out if there would be a cutting of the text or a dry report.
If the first option is considered, "
we are far from the mark
", regrets a right-wing senator, while the LR group has already worked a lot on the text during its passage in committee, where it was adopted.
Macronists divided
For their part, the macronists find themselves divided on the question.
In an interview with
Liberation
, the majority deputy Gilles Le Gendre estimated on Tuesday that the bill could “
wait
”, “
especially if, to adopt it, it is necessary to play the mandolin again under the windows of the LR.
»
Other parliamentarians also pleaded Tuesday at a meeting of the Renaissance group, in front of Elisabeth Borne, to reject or even abandon the text.
“
Some could use this bill to amplify their protest.
A postponement would make it possible not to add flames to the embers
, ”said MP Éric Bothorel, member of the left wing of the presidential camp.
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A mistake, however, believe some, like the Renaissance deputy Marie Guévenoux, convinced that “
we are eagerly awaited on this subject by the French
”.
In the columns of Le
Figaro
, former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe also called on Tuesday to resolve the "
problem
" linked to immigration without delay: "
It is legitimate to reform all the ineffective mechanisms and to try to promote integration by work.
There is room to improve this text, to toughen it here or soften it there.
»
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