The Republicans are responding on immigration by proposing a shared initiative referendum (RIP) on Monday, which partially takes up the measures censored in January by the Constitutional Council, a procedure which has never been successful so far.
The Republicans are responding on immigration by proposing a shared initiative referendum (RIP) on Monday, which partially takes up the measures censored in January by the Constitutional Council, a procedure which has never been successful so far. “It is now a question of giving voice to the French people so that they can decide directly by referendum,” asserts the right in its explanatory memorandum, confirming information posted online on the Figaro website.
185 parliamentarians
The RIP, enshrined in the Constitution since 2008, is a procedure which has not yet been crowned with success, the conditions for its success being difficult to overcome. The procedure must first be launched by 185 parliamentarians, then validated within a month by the Constitutional Council and then obtain within 9 months the support of 10% of the electorate, or nearly 5 million people, before so that the French can finally decide.
With 133 senators and 62 deputies, almost all of whom voted for the text on immigration in December, LR should be able to overcome the first obstacle of the 185 parliamentarians needed. The Republicans are also convinced that the five proposals retained fall well within the referendum domain, considering that they “fall within the notion of reform relating to the social policy of the nation within the meaning of the first paragraph of article 11 of the Constitution”.