The LR president of the Hauts-de France region takes the opposite view from the leaders of his party by not overwhelming the Constitutional Council after the censorship of more than a third of the immigration law. “We are being taken for a ride by the government,” he said.
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“The Constitutional Council must not be the scapegoat.” Guest of franceinfo on Friday January 26, the president of Les Républicains (LR) of the Hauts-de-France region reacted to the very broad censorship of the immigration law by the institution on Thursday. Nothing to do with the reactions of the leaders of his party. The president of LR, Éric Ciotti, denounces “a democratic hold-up” of the institution. “It is no longer Parliament which makes the law in this country”agrees Bruno Retailleau, leader of the LR senators.
Laurent Wauquiez protests against “a coup d’état of law”, In Le Parisien/Today in France. Xavier Bertrand takes the opportunity to mark his difference with President LR of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, possible party candidate for the 2027 presidential election. “I have a profound disagreement with him on the concept of the Republic, the rule of law and respect for our institutions,” he says. A disagreement that “will have to be decided within the Republicans.”
He even lectures his LR colleagues. “In the difficult times we are experiencing, very disturbed, we must also remain calm. When we are in opposition, when we want to govern, we cannot say anything. We cannot say anything. attack institutions as we are doing today. When political leaders are blaming everyone, you risk having an end of mandate that could one day resemble that of Trump, in the United States.”he warns.
For the rest, LR “taken around by the government” with whom he made the deal that led to the widely censored text. The executive “had this text voted on in the hope that the Constitutional Council would censor it”, explains Xavier Bertrand. He “expect, before the European elections, that there will be two texts presented: one with the missing measures censored by the Constitutional Council and the other on state medical aid”. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, warned on Thursday evening on TF1: the government “will not represent a bill” on immigration.
