A few days after the riots which affected the country, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin called not to “confuse the debates”. “The question today is young offenders, not foreigners,” he added before the National Assembly, responding to a question from a deputy from the National Rally, who rejected the violence that occurred after the death. of young Nahel on immigration. Critics of the right-wing opposition, in particular the Republicans and the National Rally, who intervene in full preparation of the immigration bill, for which Emmanuel Macron promised “advances” during the first half of July.
“Regulating migratory flows also means promoting integration”
Guest of Europe Matin this Thursday, Gérard Larcher returned to this immigration bill. And the President of the Senate warned the government: according to him, it is “essential for an integration policy to absolutely regulate the migration policy” and “if the executive does not hear it, there will be no text”, assures Gérard Larcher at the microphone of Europe 1.
A complicated position for the majority and the Minister of the Interior, who do not want to give in to pressure from the right, in favor of toughening up the immigration bill, but who will need their votes to pass the text, whether it either in the National Assembly or in the Senate.
The executive must “enter into dialogue with us”, insists Gérard Larcher
“I say it clearly, we cannot have the 21ᵉ law after 20 texts on immigration which have not provided real answers to the essential regulation of migratory flows. Regulating migratory flows also means promoting integration”, explains Gérard Larcher. “When you have 340,000 residence permits every year, when we know, these are even the figures of the Minister of the Interior, that there are 700,000 and 800,000 illegal immigrants in our country, many of whom also live in neighborhoods in difficulty, you can see that it is essential”, he adds at the microphone of Europe 1.
For the President of the Senate, the majority must “enter into dialogue with us”. “We made extremely clear proposals. The law commission made the proposals to the Minister of the Interior and to the President of the Republic”, specifies Gérard Larcher. Before taking up a quote from former Prime Minister Gérard Collomb: “Today we live side by side, I fear that tomorrow we can live face-to-face”, he concludes.