For the French right, this is the example to follow. After Nadine Morano in May, it was the turn of Eric Ciotti, flanked by several LR heavyweights, to go to Denmark recently. Olivier Véran himself, although from the left, recently made a trip to Copenhagen. The goal? Draw inspiration from the Danish migration model, which is particularly firm and acclaimed by the population. A policy that has put "the far right on the carpet," said Olivier Véran.
In fact, Denmark has been pursuing one of the most restrictive immigration policies in Europe for more than 20 years. At first sight, however, some measures seem inconceivable in France, because of the constraints inherent in European law and the safeguards imposed by the case law of the supreme courts. For example, Denmark has introduced an anti-ghetto plan that provides for higher penalties in areas with high crime and immigration rates. Is this not introducing an inequality of treatment of citizens before the law, which the French Constitution prohibits? Denmark also plans to delegate the processing of asylum applications to African countries. What about European asylum rules?
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Denmark is governed by centre-left social democrats. The country is, like the France, a member of the European Union, the Schengen area and the ECHR (European Convention on Human Rights). Why, then, should Copenhagen's migration policy pose any difficulty for Paris? Is the Danish model applicable to France?
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