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“It was supposed to be at the start of the year, then in the spring, then in the summer … and now it’s been pushed back to the fall”, regrets Wednesday on franceinfo the vice-president of the National Rally, who criticizes the measure to regularize undocumented workers in “shortage” occupations.
“They don’t know where they are going”has fun on Wednesday June 21 on franceinfo the deputy RN Sébastien Chenu about the immigration bill wanted by the government. “It was supposed to be at the beginning of the year, then in the spring, then in the summer…and now it’s pushed back to the fall.” Without even having been presented, however, the text continues to make people react. The vice-president of the National Rally even announces that the deputies of his group will be able to vote “all the measures that will go in the direction that we consider to be firmer”.
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On the other hand, Sébastien Chenu is very critical of one of the aspects of the future bill which would make it possible to regularize undocumented workers who already work in “in tension” trades such as accommodation and catering, health or construction. “They will open an incredible immigration route”worries the deputy from the North. “And once people find themselves unemployed, what do we do? Others will arrive.” Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, however, is leaning towards regularization via temporary residence permits granted to people on permanent contracts.
“The State must support companies”
“It’s all bullshit”sweeps away Sébastien Chenu. “We are told forever that the French do not want to work. Remember, in the 90s and 2000s, 70% of garbage collectors were foreigners because we were told that it was a difficult job that the French did not want Today, the profession has been deeply renovated in its training, its attractiveness and its remuneration and 70% of garbage collectors are French workers”he assures.
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For the RN vice-president of the National Assembly, this means that “I’Etat must support companies”. “Training, the attractiveness of professions and their remuneration, is the number one vector for bringing French people back to employment and to these difficult jobs.”