With 349 votes for and 186 against, the National Assembly adopted the immigration bill on Tuesday, a few hours after the green light from the Senate. A victorious epilogue for the majority, but not without political consequences.
Parliament definitively adopted the immigration bill on Tuesday, 349 deputies voting for and 186 against, after a favorable vote by the Senate earlier in the evening, a victorious epilogue for the majority, but carrying serious political consequences.
Deputies and senators agreed earlier in the day on a common version of the text, after long and difficult debates. “The immigration text has been definitively voted on. A long fight to better integrate foreigners and expel those who commit acts of delinquency. A strong and firm text. Without the voices of RN deputies”, welcomed the Minister of the Interior , Gérald Darmanin, on the X network (formerly Twitter).
The immigration text is definitively voted on. A long fight to better integrate foreigners and expel those who commit acts of delinquency. A strong and firm text. Without the votes of RN deputies.
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) December 19, 2023
A “sickening victory”
The RN and the right voted for the text, the left against, each group filling up with its votes except the communist group where it was one vote short. The majority, however, was divided with 20 votes against and 17 abstentions at Renaissance, 5 votes against and 15 abstentions at MoDem, and 2 votes against at Horizons.
Disgusting victory. 349 for the law. Without the 88 votes of the RN = 261, less than the absolute majority! After the joint march on November 12, here is the law voted and written jointly. A new political axis has been established. pic.twitter.com/oxoqBUBqR2
— Jean-Luc Mélenchon (@JLMelenchon) December 19, 2023