LR presented Sunday, May 21 in Le Journal du dimanche two bills aimed at reducing immigration to France. The Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, did not fail to react to these texts, when he must start discussions with Gérald Darmanin around a hypothetical bill. But for the minister, questioned on France Info, the proposal of the LRs, who want to modify the Constitution, is "unthinkable".
"It's the opposite of European construction and it obviously requires a constitutional revision, something quite impossible in my eyes, especially in this sense, and which would also single out and stigmatize France's position within the Union. European," said Olivier Dussopt.
The Minister of Labor, responsible for leading discussions with his counterpart of the Interior on a bill dedicated to immigration which for weeks has been the subject of a waltz of hesitation from the executive, closes the door to the one of LR's shock proposals unveiled this weekend in terms of migration.
Essential partner of a possible parliamentary compromise on the future text of the government, the party of Éric Ciotti raises the stakes by asking in particular for a reform of the Constitution which, in migration matters, would allow France to leave the European treaties.
LR intends to include in the Constitution "the possibility of derogating from the primacy of treaties and European law (...) when "the fundamental interests of the Nation" are at stake", considering that immigration falls into this box. LR also intends to "elevate the principle of assimilation to constitutional rank".
If this "perspective is not achievable", Olivier Dussopt wants to believe in a compromise that is always possible. "Let's leave the necessary time for this discussion (with political parties and groups) that we will start in the next few days," he commented on France Info. The fact remains that on the project of regularizations on the so-called "in tension" professions, one of the pillars of the future bill, the Minister of Labor reaffirms, unlike the LRs, that it is not a " call for air".
On the RN side, MP Thomas Ménagé had fun on Monday May 22 with LR's proposals, which he considers a "copy and paste" of his party's presidential program. "You really have to pay royalties because it's incredible, it's an almost word-for-word copy-paste of Marine Le Pen's proposals," he said on France 2. in the sense of the general interest, no matter where it comes from, and if it comes from the Republicans, we will support it", he however assured, regretting that it is not a question of "national priority ".
