Laurent Fabius finds the “questioning of institutions” “very worrying”

Laurent Fabius raises his voice. The President of the Constitutional Council ruled, on the evening of Friday January 26, “very worrying” there “questioning of institutions”, while the Sages are under fire from criticism from the right and the far right after the widespread censorship of the immigration law. “Attack the Constitutional Council for a decision which is perfectly legal and say “ that “it’s a coup d’état, not only is it false, but in a certain way, it is a questioning of institutions. And so I find that very worrying”he reacted in “C à vous” on France 5, questioned about comments from Laurent Wauquiez (LR) who had castigated a “coup d’état de jure” on the part of the Council.

“This is what a government wanted to do in Israel”underlined Laurent Fabius in reference to an attempt at reform by Benjamin Netanyahu, invalidated by the Supreme Court. “The Constitution, etymologically, is what holds us together”he insisted.

“It is very specific, including in History, to consider that those who are responsible, under the Constitution, for stating the law are carrying out a coup d’état against the law,” Laurent Fabius had already reacted on France Inter, on Friday morning. It was Laurent Wauquiez, president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and possible Republican (LR) candidate for the 2027 presidential election, who sounded the charge a few hours after the Sages’ decision, Thursday evening, by denouncing “a coup d’état of law”. He even proposed that Parliament could have “the last word”, after the Constitutional Council. In his wake, the president of the Republicans Éric Ciotti vilified “a democratic hold-up” and accused Laurent Fabius of “collusion” with Emmanuel Macron against “will of the French people who want less immigration”.