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Immigration law: Étienne Ollion, professor of sociology at Polytechnique, “surprised by the scale” of majority deputies who voted against or abstained
Immigration law: Étienne Ollion, professor of sociology at Polytechnique, “surprised by the scale” of majority deputies who voted against or abstained – (FRANCEINFO)
Étienne Ollion, professor of sociology at the Polytechnique school, is present on the set of 19/20 info, Wednesday December 20. He returns to the 59 majority deputies who voted against or abstained during the vote on the immigration bill in the Assembly.
During the vote on the immigration bill in the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 19, 59 majority deputies voted against the text or abstained. Guest of 19/20 info, the sociology professor atPolytechnic university Etienne Ollion says “surprised by the magnitude“of this number.”I thought that party discipline, which is something quite classic in the National Assembly, would be stronger. Which means, in my opinion, that tensions were extremely high within the majority group“, he explains.
The birth of a group of rebels within the majority?
Are we witnessing the birth of a group of rebels within the majority? “It’s too quick to say that at the moment, because we only have one vote on a subject that is extremely divisive“, believes Étienne Ollion. “This would have to be repeated several times for us to consider having created a group of slingers.“, he adds.
