EDITORIAL. Marine Le Pen strengthened by the immigration law, one more step towards normalization

The sequence relating to the immigration law was beneficial for Marine Le PEn. According to a survey, in the eyes of the French, she is the political figure who benefits the most from the adoption of the text.

Can Marine Le Pen achieve the union of the rights, as theorized by the writer and essayist Patrick Buisson, who died on Tuesday December 26? The president of the National Rally emerges strengthened from the battle around immigration law and establishes herself as the main opponent of Emmanuel Macron. She will have broken her truce with the confectioners, which she spends with her family, by posting a tweet on the X network to pay tribute to Patrick Buisson, whom her father Jean-Marie le Pen knew well before the historian, figure of the conservative right, did not join Nicolas Sarkozy for the 2007 campaign.

Marine Le Pen greets a “crazy lover of France”lined with a “sometimes provocative spirit.” It must be said that Patrick Buisson was very critical of the head of the National Rally, contesting her refocused strategy, focused on the left-wing electorate and preferring her niece Marion Maréchal or more recently Éric Zemmour.

The RN at the top of voting intentions for Europeans

Marine Le Pen is now on other brands. The one that had made immigration its central theme shifted to purchasing power, the main concern of the French. While maintaining a firm stance on security issues. Result of the races: the RN is leading the race in voting intentions in the European elections in June. A scarecrow for Emmanuel Macron at mid-term.

The series of immigration laws has not weakened Marine Le Pen, who spoke of “ideological victory” for a text that she did not initiate. The leaders of the majority and the Republicans may have claimed the defeat of the National Rally, but opinion polls contradict them. To the question asked by OpinionWay: who benefits most from the adoption of the immigration bill? Marine Le Pen comes out well ahead at 43%, compared to 13% for Éric Ciotti, while it was the Republicans who really weighed in on the text. President Emmanuel Macron comes in third position at 11%. The most notable loser being Jean-Luc Mélenchon, only 2%, his message of broad openness to immigration is rejected.

This survey carried out after the vote shows that a majority of French people say they are satisfied with the law, want to see it implemented and even believe that it does not go far enough. Public opinion today is completely out of step with the political class which was torn apart over this text, pushing Emmanuel Macron to turn everything upside down with a strong initiative expected in January. The sequence fully benefits the leader of the deputies of the National Rally.

In the end, Marine Le Pen, who considers that in 20 years, the lines have moved and the software has changed, no longer aims for union with a right which continues to shrink in her eyes and is now looking beyond. The Macron-Le Pen duel will continue more than ever in 2024.