Le Figaro announced it at the beginning of May: The Republicans would regain control of the immigration file by tabling two bills, including one of a constitutional nature in order to be able to consult the French by referendum on the subject. It took no more than two weeks for the Ciotti-Retailleau-Marleix trio - the presidents of the party and the groups in the Senate and the Assembly - to refine their device, detailed this weekend in the JDD.
With one stone, LR makes several shots. Beyond their speed, Les Républicains show their unity. We are far from the tensions observed on pensions. Aurélien Pradié suggested a referendum of shared initiative, but RIP or referendum according to Article 11, we are in the nuance of method, not in the divergence of substance. For the main right-wing party, unity is a prerequisite for credibility.
From a party that one left, it becomes again a party where one accepts to work; with a view to an alternative to the Head of State
But it is obviously on the content of the discourse that the latter is built. This is the second effect produced by the initiative...
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