Those who imagined him taking up the peaceful Juppeist concept of "happy identity" will be at their expense. Edouard Philippe hardens the tone in a long interview dedicated to migration issues, published on Monday by L'Express. "The rapid increase in the number of foreigners in France contributes to the embolism of many of our public services," worries the former prime minister, who clearly addresses the theme of immigration from the right. This will not fail to make the macronists react, at a time when the government is struggling to build a consensus around a new dedicated law.
Without bothering with the modesty of the majority, the president of the Horizons party denounces an "immigration of the fait accompli" surrounded by several "unsaid" stressing in particular that "the geographical origin of foreigners (...) has changed."
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