The immigration bill desired by the government continues to divide within Macronie. While the negotiations with the Republicans worry part of the left wing of the majority, here is that the former Prime Minister also expresses his opinion. In an interview, the mayor of Le Havre notably denounces a “fait accompli immigration”.
After the pension reform, the government is tackling another very sensitive issue: an immigration bill must be presented in July. The executive hopes to find a compromise with Les Républicains who have tabled two bills on the subject in quick succession. But that was without counting the inevitable arrival of the former Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, in the debates. In an interview with the newspaper The Expressthe former tenant of Matignon denounces a “fait accompli immigration” and recommends in particular to review the 1968 agreement which facilitates the conditions of entry and stay of Algerian nationals on French territory.
An exit that falls at the wrong time for Macronie
Édouard Philippe thus breaks a taboo in Macronie. By proposing to review the 1968 agreement, he aligns himself with positions defended on the right by an axis going from Éric Ciotti to Marine Le Pen, via Éric Zemmour. The former Prime Minister thus proves wrong the current government and the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, who has already made it known that he would not touch this agreement. A way for the boss of the Horizons party to show that his group in the Assembly wants to influence the future immigration bill.
This comes at the worst time for the executive, who is already worried about seeing the unity of the majority broken because of the ongoing negotiations on the file with LR. The left wing of macronie fears the concessions that could be made to the right in an attempt to wrest a compromise.
Mark its difference
Moreover, on the diplomatic level, Édouard Philippe takes the risk of straining diplomatic relations with Algeria a little more. Relations that Emmanuel Macron has been trying to warm up since the start of his first five-year term. But on the path he traces towards 2027, the former tenant of Matignon judges that it is time to move forward in breaking with the president or, at the very least, to print his difference more.
Source: Europe1
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