BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron hoped on Friday that French political forces would reach an “intelligent compromise” on the immigration bill which is currently the subject of parliamentary negotiations.
“I am in favor of an intelligent compromise being found in the service of the general interest and the country, and that it allows us to have a text which improves our common functioning and allows us to better protect the French,” he said. declared the President of the Republic during a press conference at the European Council in Brussels.
Emmanuel Macron also justified the decision not to use the blocked vote authorized by article 49.3 of the Constitution to have the text adopted, rejected by the National Assembly at the beginning of the week and referred to the joint joint committee, which will meet on Monday .
“I assumed the use of article 49.3 for the final vote on a pension law which was one of the most debated in the Fifth (Republic). It would not be serious to pass a sensitive text in 49.3 while the oppositions did everything to ensure that there was no debate. You see, I try to be consistent,” declared the head of state.
“It was a game of obstruction (of the oppositions) and refusal of dialogue that the French cannot understand, I do not understand.”
“Now, I am for results and pragmatism. Our country needs to improve its rules to better fight against illegal immigration and traffickers who take advantage of the world’s misery,” he continued.
(Written by Jean-Stéphane Brosse)
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