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TRUE OR FALSE. Was the RN vote decisive in the adoption of the immigration law?
The immigration law would have been adopted even without the votes of the National Rally, according to several members of the government, including Elisabeth Borne and Gérald Darmanin. True or false ? – (franceinfo)
The immigration law would have been adopted even without the votes of the National Rally, according to several members of the government, including Elisabeth Borne and Gérald Darmanin. True or false ?
Tuesday, December 19, 349 deputies voted for the adoption of the immigration law: a large part of the majority, the LR and the RN. 186 voted against, a small part of the majority and the Nupes. By changing the votes of the 88 RN deputies, two scenarios are possible. If they had abstained, the results would have been 261 votes in favor and 186 against. “This is the hypothesis which is retained by the government, and which refers to the Mendès France jurisprudence, which during its inauguration in 1954 had refused the votes of the communists“, comments journalist Luc Brisson, on the set of 19/20 info.
If the RN had voted against the immigration law, the results would have been 261 votes for and 274 against. “There, the law would not have passed. In this case, the government’s argument does not hold up.“. To simplify, “if the RN deputies had abstained, the law still passed, if they had voted against, the law did not pass“, summarizes the journalist.
A third scenario
Finally, a third hypothesis could support the government’s thesis, “a little far-fetched” however comments the journalist. “According to Olivier Véran and Elisabeth Borne, certain majority deputies would have agreed to vote for the text if the RN had not voted for this immigration law. With all the votes of the majority deputies, the law would have passed, regardless of the RN’s decision. But here, we are really in political fiction”concludes the journalist.
