“It is a majority aiming to block the country” which has “exposed itself”, denounces Emmanuel Macron

The head of state motivated his troops: “Our compass is efficiency useful to the country.”

“It’s a majority aiming to block the country” who is “exposed”denounced Emmanuel Macron in the Council of Ministers on Tuesday, December 12 in the morning, franceinfo learned from participants, the day after the National Assembly’s rejection of the immigration bill. “Yesterday’s vote does not reveal the existence of a replacement majority”continued the President of the Republic.

“It’s cynicism, inconsistency, the game of the worst,” added the head of state, “played in particular by two government parties who ruled the country for 40 years, the same ones who did not come [aux rencontres de] Saint-Denis, refusing any compromise.

“Our determination does not weaken,” adds Élisabeth Borne

Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed, during this Council of Ministers, that “we need a law on immigration and integration”. “We defend the balance of our text”he stressed, “fight against illegal immigration, economic immigration supervision, better integration”. The Head of State recalled that “our compass” East “efficiency, which is useful to the country”. He then announced the convening of a joint committee to research “a compromise”. “Everyone will have to take their part, majority as well as opposition”, concluded Emmanuel Macron.

After the Council of Ministers, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne spoke to the majority deputies, accompanied by the Ministers of the Interior and Labor, Gérald Darmanin and Olivier Dussopt. “Our determination does not weaken”she said, Franceinfo learned from participants. “The vote must not be to the detriment of the unity of the majority. You can count on me to ensure this unity.”