“This text is firmness. And we will find in Parliament a way to get it adopted,” declared Gérald Darmanin. Asked about a possible recourse to 49.3 in the event of a blockage, the minister replied that he was “opposed to the use of this article for this text”. “I have plenty of time to debate and find a compromise,” he said.
“If necessary, we will take our responsibilities (on the use of 49.3, Editor’s note). But if it is necessary to discuss weeks and nights in Parliament, I will do it”, insisted Mr. Darmanin, believing that he had ” need the law to change” to “protect the French”.
A bill examined this Monday
The immigration bill, in the pipeline for a year, will be examined from Monday in the Senate. Both sides of the senatorial majority (right and center) refuse to agree on article 3, which provides for a one-year renewable residence permit for irregular workers employed in sectors with a labor shortage. artwork.
On this aspect of the law, one of the most sensitive, the Minister of the Interior explained that “the French (…) want to be able to welcome their nanny, the restaurant waiter, the street sweeper, the person who will collect the fruits and vegetables in the fields and be able to expel the offender.”
A “political issue”
“We are ready (…) to find this point of political balance with the Senate,” he added. This highly anticipated text from the presidential majority is criticized on both the right and the left for opposing reasons. It constitutes a “political issue” according to the Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt, particularly in the face of the far right which has made immigration its favorite subject.
Gérald Darmanin also attacked the leader of the RN deputies, Marine Le Pen, by assuring that she “is experiencing problems”. “My job is the security of the French, controlled immigration, so that Ms. Le Pen casts as few votes as possible and so that the French choose republican parties,” he said.