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Immigration law: “In politics, everyone is responsible for their actions”, criticizes Stéphane Troussel, spokesperson for the PS
Immigration law: “In politics, everyone is responsible for their actions”, criticizes Stéphane Troussel, spokesperson for the PS – (franceinfo)
32 left-wing departments announced on Wednesday, December 20, that they would not apply a provision of the immigration law relating to the APA. Stéphane Troussel, president of the Seine-Saint-Denis department and spokesperson for the Socialist Party, is one of them. He is the guest of 19/20 info.
Following the adoption of the immigration law, 32 left-wing departments declared that they would not apply the tightening of the conditions for payment of the personalized autonomy allowance (APA) provided for in the text, Wednesday December 20 . Guest of 19/20 info, Stéphane Troussel, president of the department of Seine-Saint-Denis and spokesperson for the Socialist Party (PS), recalls that“in politics, everyone is responsible for their actions”. He is one of the elected officials who will not obey this law and explains that he is “responsible in deciding not to apply this provision”.
A voluntary service to compensate
“What do they imagine, the drafters of this law whose pen was written by the far right? That people are going to cross the Mediterranean, over 80 years old, to collect a modest autonomy allowance? “, he asks himself. The president of the department of Seine-Saint-Denis condemns this law which is based on “racist and xenophobic prejudices of fear of the other”. In order to compensate for the tightening of this benefit, Stéphane Troussel indicates that the left-wing departments will create a voluntary allowance to help elderly people with legal status of foreign nationality.
