2023-11-17 22:14:38
In the absence of consensus, the idea was discarded. Emmanuel Macron and party leaders meeting on Friday in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) concluded that a referendum on immigration was not possible in the absence of consensus on the subject, several participants indicated. the outcome of the second edition of the “Rencontres de Saint-Denis”.
“A consensus emerged around the table on the fact that it seemed complicated to broaden the possibility of holding referendums on societal subjects such as immigration”, rejoiced at the exit to the press. Communist Party leader Fabien Roussel. “I am leaving with great satisfaction, immense satisfaction, that there will be no referendum on immigration,” added EELV national secretary Marine Tondelier.
IVG on December 13 in the Council of Ministers
She noted that the leader of the National Rally Jordan Bardella “was all alone during this meeting” to defend the idea of this referendum, in reference to the absence on Friday of the boss of the Republicans Éric Ciotti who declined the invitation.
Party leaders also announced that the date of December 13 had been communicated to them for the presentation to the Council of Ministers of the bill including voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion) in the Constitution, before a possible meeting of Parliament in Congress in March to ratify its adoption.
Among the other subjects discussed on Friday, the party leaders and Emmanuel Macron also spoke at length about the war between Israel and Hamas, and in particular the question of hostages in Gaza. “The negotiations are tough” to achieve their release, underlined Fabien Roussel, specifying that some of the information communicated by the president was confidential.
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