He shocked a large part of the left with this proposal: Sunday, Arnaud Montebourg raised the possibility of blocking private money transfers from France to countries that refuse to repatriate their nationals that France wants to deport. A proposal which “struck” Olivier Faure, first secretary of the PS and guest of Europe 1, Monday morning. In Europe Midi, Patrick Stéfanini, campaign director of Valérie Pécresse, addressed the question of the feasibility of this measure.
The measure “infringes the right to property”
For the author of the book Immigration, these realities that are hidden from us (ed. Robert Laffont, 2021), “technically”, the measure “will be extraordinarily difficult to implement”. According to the right-wing adviser, it would be unconstitutional “because it infringes the right to property, one of our most entrenched constitutional principles. By definition, migrants’ money transfers are made from the sums that they earn in France with their work. “
The Honorary State Councilor, who led François Fillon’s campaign in 2017, prefers “other means of pressure” on countries that refuse to repatriate their nationals targeted by a deportation order from France. “First there is the visa business,” he explains. “The government initiated this policy by reducing the number of visas granted to nationals of uncooperative countries. It is an action which, for the moment, has failed, but it is too early to judge, it must be continued. in time.”
For Stéfanini, we must “renegotiate the agreements”
Another possible position, he develops: “Limit our development aid to these countries, something which depends on the French government and which will first penalize foreign governments and not the workers present on the national territory. And then finally, if we had to take a decision on migrant remittances, I mention in my book the possibility of taxation, but certainly not of a ban. “
A nuance, therefore, to Arnaud Montebourg’s shock proposal, which however has an “interest” in the eyes of Patrick Stéfanini: “Place in the spotlight the absolute need to renegotiate the agreements we have with ten countries in this area. migration, which are bilateral agreements that cover roughly 40% of immigration in France.First, there are the three Maghreb countries, but there are also many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Unfortunately, these countries show a total lack of cooperation with France in the issuance of the famous consular laissez-passer which allows illegal immigrants to be returned to their homeland. This is what we must act on. “
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