The Republicans are therefore going to table two bills to reduce immigration and the executive does not really know what attitude to adopt… Renaud Dély’s political editorial.
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Should we discuss the proposals of the right, or on the contrary reject them en bloc? LR has barely unveiled its project on immigration that the question divides, right to the heart of the government. Tuesday, May 23, spokesperson Olivier Véran was conciliatory. These proposals”have the merit of existing, it makes it possible to engage in dialogue” he pointed out, adding that he prefers “an opposition that proposes rather than an opposition that merely contests”.
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The day before, the Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt said on franceinfo almost the opposite. It is certainly “ready to discuss“, but on the basis of the government’s project, not that of LR. He judged for example “unthinkable“the desire of the right to derogate from European law to legislate on immigration. The chairman of the Assembly’s Law Commission, Sacha Houlié, flatly accuses LR of wanting a “Frexit” and of “cross all the red lines”.
“Take it or leave it”
So how can such differences within the majority be explained? First because on this politically explosive subject, she still does not know what she thinks. She has a hard time keeping the “at the same time” alive: “be mean to the mean And “nice to the nice, according to the formula of Gérald Darmanin. Olivier Dussopt is committed to the creation of a new residence permit to facilitate the integration of employees in an irregular situation in “jobs in tension”. But it is a measure”unacceptable” for Eric Ciotti. And the boss of LR repeats for his part that the project of the right is “take it or leave it”. It’s all or nothing !
There will, however, be discussions between the government and the right: Gérald Darmanin will open consultations, and the government is displaying the objective of reaching an agreement with LR. But all this is a theatre, a real fool’s game. We cannot imagine the majority rallying, without exploding, to the LR project largely inspired by the RN. The right will have a good time castigating the alleged “laxity” of Emmanuel Macron.
Result: by putting itself in the hands of LR, the executive takes the risk of suffering the same disappointment as on pensions. And to demonstrate that on this subject either, he does not have a majority in the Assembly.
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