The Constitutional Council is not “a chamber of appeal for the choices of Parliament”.
During his vows behind closed doors on January 8, Laurent Fabius did not fail to dot the i's.
It must be said that the institution he presides over is under unusual pressure.
This Thursday, January 25, the nine Sages of rue de Montpensier must, one month after its chaotic adoption, deliver their sentence on the Immigration law.
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The left-wing opposition (which has filed two referrals) has high hopes of seeing the text censored, at least partially, but it is not the only one.
Unprecedented and disturbing, the presidential majority is also counting on the institution to correct the course of this law, the final version of which differs greatly from the executive's initial draft.
After however having clashed with the elected Republicans during its examination by the joint committee at the end of December.
“The desire to reach a political agreement and a vote prevailed over the legal one,” concedes a majority executive.
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