The former Prime Minister was the guest of France Inter this Wednesday morning.
“I support this text, but I know it will evolve“, declares the mayor of Le Havre, Édouard Philippe, about the immigration bill, this Wednesday on France Inter. A position taken the day after the publication of an article in favor of the regularization of undocumented workers in the professions “in tension”, a flagship but controversial measure of the immigration bill. This text was signed by around thirty parliamentarians, from the Communist Party to the left wing of the majority.
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“In the National Assembly, there is no absolute majority, so there are discussions“, recalls the former Prime Minister of Emmanuel Macron. On the other hand, “in the Senate, there is a majority which is different from that of the National Assembly. In the parliamentary process, there will therefore be an intense debate“.”Let’s trust Parliament“, launches the president of the Horizons party, component of the majority.
The game promises to be complicated for the government: the Republicans are firmly opposed to the regularization of undocumented workers in “shortage” professions. Their leader in the National Assembly, Olivier Marleix, also brandishes the threat of a motion of censure, in the event of a text “lax” to his eyes.
“In the bill that Gérald Darmanin is proposing, there are three components: a ‘simplification, acceleration of procedures’ component, a ‘strengthening of policies’ component, particularly with regard to foreign delinquents, and a ‘integration by work’, which plans to ensure that those who have been there for more than three years and who work in a profession in tension can be regularized“, recalls Édouard Philippe. It is “the right balance”for him.