Gathered on Friday during the “Saint-Denis Meetings”, Emmanuel Macron and the party leaders present concluded that a referendum on immigration was ultimately not possible, in the absence of consensus on the subject. A decision which did not surprise the president of Debout la France, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, guest of La Grande interview Europe 1-CNews on Monday. “I have always said that these Saint-Denis Meetings were a trap. It is still frightening what is happening! It has been six years since 500,000 people entered our country per year, more than two million since he [Emmanuel Macron] arrived. And we cannot assimilate these people, so we are headed for disaster,” assured the MP for Essonne.
“LR deputies dishonor themselves every day”
Around the table, Emmanuel Macron, Élisabeth Borne, the three assembly presidents and eight party leaders were gathered. Éric Ciotti, who had announced not to attend these meetings, quickly reacted remotely. “As I predicted, today’s meetings in Saint-Denis led to nothing. The President is even giving up the idea of a referendum on immigration. All that for that!”
According to Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, “LR deputies dishonor themselves every day”. “I listen to Mr Ciotti tell us ‘this government is the worst we have ever seen’ and with each motion of censure, there have been 22, the LR group has disappeared. The situation is so serious that it must There will be an electric shock. Either it’s a referendum or it’s dissolution and the French will decide, but we can’t stay for three more years to put up with this,” he thundered.
“You know what worries me? It’s not that things aren’t holding up, it’s that the country is losing time. It will be much more difficult to turn it around in 2027, if we brought in 1.5 million of migrants. It will be much more difficult if poverty increases, if relocations increase […] I want us to be masters of our destiny. The French people are ready to react,” he said on Europe 1-CNews.