The interview with the Minister of the Interior, over three pages, is largely devoted to the immigration bill, the examination of which in the Senate will begin on November 6.
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Before the examination of his bill on immigration, from November 6 in the Senate, Gérald Darmanin spoke, Sunday, October 22, in the columns of Sunday newspaper. The first minister of his rank to speak in the columns of the weekly since the arrival at its head of far-right journalist Geoffroy Lejeune, provoking several weeks of strike and the massive departure of journalists from the editorial staff, the Minister of the Interior defended the “the strongest text with the toughest measures in the last thirty years”.
While the path to adoption of his text by Parliament is narrow, particularly due to firm opposition from the right, the minister seemed to refer a hypothetical failure to a “extreme left attempted to engage in systematic obstruction” in the National Assembly.
Ready to “discuss” on article 3
Asked about the thorny debate around article 3, devoted to professions in shortage, the Minister of the Interior says he is ready to “discuss”. “Some want a decree or a circular, others want it to be in the law. We will therefore discuss this subject like all others, but the government is committed to measures of justice towards those who produce in our country without ever posing a problem of public order. explained the minister.
“However, the situation is serious enough for us to have to compromise on things that are not central”he declared, adding that there was no “no taboo question if it is to be effective in protecting the French.”
LArticle 3 of immigration bill provides for create a residence permit for “jobs in shortage”, valid for one year, for foreigners working illegally in sectors such as construction or hospitality, with a labor shortage. LThe members of LR have made this measure a red line and are threatening to table a motion of censure if the executive were to pass in force.