before the CMP on the immigration law, negotiations under high pressure

The 14 deputies and senators of the joint committee will meet on Monday to find a compromise on the immigration bill.

The debates have not yet officially started at the joint committee as everyone is already working to find a compromise on the immigration law, rejected in the Assembly on Monday December 11 after the adoption of a motion to reject by opposition MPs.

The negotiations will continue throughout the weekend, before the 14 deputies and senators of the joint committee meet again on Monday, at 5 p.m. An agreement has already been reached to postpone a reform of state medical aid until later. Discussions are continuing in particular on the residency period before releasing rights to benefits, and on regularizations in professions under pressure, parties to remain in the hands of the prefects.

If the process therefore seems to be moving forward, it is happening under great pressure. That of the Republicans in particular, who wrote directly to Emmanuel Macron to demand, once again, a reform of the Constitution in addition to the new law. This amounts to blackmail, we admit in the ranks of the LR, “but after all, it’s up to the president to know if he wants an agreement”snaps a right-wing MP.

Elisabeth Borne “put her cap back on as a great negotiator”

“They play their cards”notes for his part an advisor to the executive. “They should be careful not to go too far, if they do not want to be responsible for not having a text at all”, annoys a parliamentary source. Thursday evening, for more than two and a half hours, during a meeting at the Assembly, Elisabeth Borne reassured her troops. The opposite camp would begin to understand that there will be neither agreement on Monday nor a vote on Tuesday on a text which would offend the majority too much.

However, she was also very clear, says a witness: we need a text, because “the French would not understand if we did not act”. “She put on her cap as a great negotiator”, welcomes a government advisor. A good deal in politics is one where no one loses face.