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Immigration law: the right and its shared initiative referendum facing the risk of censorship

2024-02-19T18:52:00.244Z

Highlights: Right-wing party wants to hold a referendum on immigration. They have to find a majority of parliamentarians to do so. They are also trying to push through a new law on the issue. It remains to be seen how the Constitutional Council will handle the matter. The debate is expected to last for at least a few months before a decision is made on whether to hold the referendum or not. The vote will be held on September 25. The result will be announced on September 26. The referendum will be open to the public, with the right to vote on it.


DECRYPTION - Eric Ciotti's party must find a majority behind the referendum and gather 185 signatures from parliamentarians.


Step by step.

If the Constitutional Council has censored a major part of the law on immigration, the right does not intend to let this subject slip through its fingers.

Thus, as Le Figaro

revealed

, the party's leaders, Éric Ciotti, Olivier Marleix and Bruno Retailleau, decided to propose a shared initiative referendum to continue this political fight.

In reality, LR takes the Sages at their word by engaging in a standoff with the executive while trying to push Rue de Montpensier to decide on the merits.

“There are three hurdles to jump

,” illustrates the deputy for Pas-de-Calais, Pierre-Henri Dumont.

First, find a majority behind the RIP and gather 185 signatures from parliamentarians.

A task which, the right agrees, should not

“pose any problems”

.

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It then remains to be seen how the Constitutional Council will handle the legal drafting of the LR, led by Emmanuelle Mignon, in charge of the right-wing project, and by Guillaume Larrivé.

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Source: lefigaro

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