It's a support that's good for the government. After the resignation of the Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau, in disagreement with the immigration law, Bruno Le Maire took the stand to defend "a very good text", "firmness" and "justice". "Above all, it is a necessary text to protect the French people. I support this text 100%," said the Minister of the Economy, invited this Thursday on CNews.
Words, however, firmer than those of Emmanuel Macron, invited Wednesday evening on France 5, who acknowledged not to approve some parts of the text, including that on the deposit requested from foreign students. The head of Bercy was also keen to put into perspective the rumours of an implosion of the presidential camp, while about twenty deputies voted against the text. "We attach a lot of importance to the minority positions of some in the majority," he said. I look at the figures, I look at the harshness of the debates, and I see that, as on many issues, the only political party that is standing its ground, that is holding its ground, whether on the pension reform, on the reform of unemployment insurance, on all these difficult texts or on immigration, is the majority."
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"The law is binding on everyone"
Before paying tribute to those who, even if they were caught up in "doubts", "united behind Gérald Darmanin, behind the Prime Minister, behind the President of the Republic". Faced with the revolt of 32 departments, which refuse to restrict social benefits to foreigners, Bruno Le Maire also recalled that "the law is binding on everyone". "Especially when you are elected by the French people," he insisted, while left-wing local authorities, including Paris, Lot and Seine-Saint-Denis, want to build a "republican shield" against "national preference".