Olivier Dussopt says he is “open to the form” that the regularization of professions in tension can take

The Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt defended, on Sunday November 5, the establishment of a new residence permit for so-called shortage professions, an article of the immigration bill which is opposed by part of the right, while saying “open to form” what this provision can do. “I said from the start that I was very open about the form. I think that the residence permit with Article 3 is a good method, but if another solution emerges from the parliamentary debate, why be closed?”he explained on France 3, on the eve of the start of the examination of the text in the Senate.

Both sides of the senatorial majority, the right and the center, refuse to agree on this article 3, which provides for a one-year renewable residence permit for irregular workers employed in sectors with a labor shortage. ‘artwork. Olivier Dussopt hopes “find compromises in the Senate and the Assembly for adoption by a traditional route”, without recourse to 49.3.

“The objective we have is to allow people who are integrated, because they work and in difficult professions where it is difficult to recruit” to be “secure”, he insisted, affirming that it is also a way of bringing stability to “their employers”. Around sixty professions are considered to be in tension, according to the minister, who cited industry, personal services, but also the hotel industry. The granting of a residence permit via article 3 could concern “7,000 to 8,000 people per year”believes Olivier Dussopt.