2023-12-19 10:55:24
MP and leader of the Les Républicains party, Eric Ciotti, after the National Assembly adopted a motion to reject the immigration bill, in Paris, December 11, 2023. STEPHANIE LECOCQ / REUTERSFR
Monday at the National Assembly, no one sees them, but everyone only talks about them. In the Quatre-Colonnes room, the elected representatives of the left (especially) and the majority (a little) seek the microphones and the cameras to, as desired, criticize, hit or ironize on these Republicans (LR) mainly responsible for the cacophony around of the joint committee (CMP) responsible for finding an agreement on the immigration text. “We have the impression that LR is the majority, and Renaissance, the additional force, said the environmentalist deputy for Yvelines Benjamin Lucas, smiling. We are now waiting for Charles Pasqua’s RPR congress to deliberate. »
At his side, the socialist Boris Vallaud (substitute in this CMP) adds another layer. “They’re do-it-yourselfers. They worked all weekend and there is no agreement! » The Landes MP targets both the right and the majority, partners in this long parliamentary vaudeville, the continuation of which was to take place Tuesday morning, with the resumption of the CMP. In this play, no one takes on the role of the loser. This commission was to be a union of reasons, with an agreement negotiated point by point last week between the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, and the leaders of the right (Eric Ciotti for the party, Bruno Retailleau for the Senate and Olivier Marleix for the ‘Assembly).
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This was before the right withdrew at the last moment. The reason ? She says she was fooled on the issue of personalized housing assistance (APL). When he discovered the text submitted to the CMP, Monday at 5 p.m., Bruno Retailleau choked. He thought that the article drafted by the Senate which could restrict access to social benefits to foreigners included APL, by conditioning their perception on five years of residence (thirty months for foreigners who work). “We discovered that APL had been reinstated in the list of benefits that foreigners can receives. This is not in line with the commitments given to us”denounces the elected official of Vendée on his X account. “At no time were the APL mentioned in the agreement”replies Renaissance MP for Yvelines Nadia Hai.
Objective, a total political victory
Who’s telling the truth? In Eric Ciotti’s entourage, we underline that in the exchanges with Elisabeth Borne and her minister responsible for relations with Parliament, Franck Riester, on Monday afternoon, the right had transmitted to the executive a text explicitly including the restriction APLs. By the time Matignon sent back a modified version, the CMP had started, only to immediately stop at the request of LR and their president.
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