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On Tuesday, Parliament definitively approved the immigration law after long negotiations by the Joint Commission. For the Republicans, the adoption of a tougher text than that initially proposed by the government is synonymous with victory.
After Tuesday’s painful adoption of the immigration bill, who is the big winner in this political sequence? On the one hand, the National Rally claimed an ideological and strategic victory, while Emmanuel Macron was satisfied with having had his text adopted. It is now the Republicans’ turn to declare victory. Laurent Wauquiez, the president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region even assured that “the right has risen again” in an interview published in the columns of Figaro.
The end of “at the same time”
He took the opportunity to congratulate the right-wing parliamentarians for having imposed on the government a law on immigration which “corresponds to the expectations of the French”. But beyond the merits, Laurent Wauquiez claimed a political victory. “It’s the end of Macronism and ‘at the same time'”, chants the one who is preparing his candidacy for 2027 behind the scenes. He has also drawn up his political project, that of a strong right, without ambiguity, but without excess, in reference to the National Rally. On the Republican side, we refuse to see this trophy taken from their hands.
Eric Ciotti therefore took up his finest pen to write to Élisabeth Borne. The president of LR asked the Prime Minister to solemnly commit to applying this immigration law. Because the government is banking on the Constitutional Council to withdraw their concession made to the right. Not very fair play for Eric Ciotti.