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Legislative elections 2024: “immigration is a concern for some French people”, estimates a political scientist
Immigration is at the heart of the legislative election campaign. But this theme takes on more importance for right-wing voters, according to Emmanuel Rivière, political scientist, associate director of the Grand Public agency.
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Immigration is at the heart of the legislative election campaign. But this theme takes on more importance for right-wing voters, according to Emmanuel Rivière, political scientist, associate director of the Grand Public agency, and guest of 11/13 info on Tuesday June 18.
Immigration is one of the themes that most divides the different parties for these legislative elections. Proposals are multiplying in the various party programs less than two weeks before the legislative elections. “Immigration is a concern of some French people, but one that worries them a lot. Voters close to the right-wing parties (LR, RN, Reconquest) have placed immigration very high among the themes that matter to them”judge Emmanuel Rivière, political scientist, associate director of the Grand Public agency and guest of 11/13 info Tuesday June 18.
“The French on the left, this is not the case at all. It is a relatively minor theme, which matters less than purchasing power, education or even climate change. Renaissance supporters are a little in between”, adds the political scientist. The law Imigration for example will be withdrawn in the event of victory of the New Popular Front in the July 7 election.
