2023-05-28 10:00:19
Bruno Retailleau rolls his eyes. This Wednesday, May 24, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, just qualified as “Frexit migration” the anti-immigration proposals that the leader of the senators Les Républicains (LR) developed three days earlier in an interview with the Sunday newspaper (JDD). Alongside Eric Ciotti, boss of the LR, and Olivier Marleix, leader of the deputies of the right-wing party in the National Assembly, the Vendée elected representative details in the weekly two future bills, including one aimed at modifying the Constitution to make French law prevail over European law. It is “take back control” on migratory flows, defends the trio. A slogan – « Take back control » – borrowed from supporters of Brexit in 2016, which led to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. A provocation, in the eyes of the Macronist camp, where attachment to Europe is a totem.
“You are proposing to leave the Geneva Convention of 1951, to leave the treaties of the European Union, to leave the Council of Europe, to leave the ECHR [Cour européenne des droits de l’homme] »said Gérald Darmanin at the tribune of the Luxembourg Palace. “Yes, it is absolutely true! », he insists, seeing the irritated senator from Vendée. On the bench, the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, smiles. A few minutes later, Bruno Retailleau receives an SMS from the Minister of the Interior: “We need to see each other. »
A scene among others of the “cow love” which characterizes the relations between the executive and Les Républicains, allies coveted but jostled by the troops of Emmanuel Macron. “The outstretched hand and the need to discuss with the LRs do not exclude honesty », we explain to the Ministry of the Interior. In an interview with Le Parisien, posted online on Saturday May 27, Gérald Darmanin responds directly to this partner-adversary: “ Chick, let’s work together! ». The constitutional reform desired by LR is to be forgotten, warns the minister, but he says he is ready to discuss the rest, in particular the methods of granting state medical aid. Nor does it rule out the establishment of immigration quotas. ” For labor immigration, it is quite possible,” he assures. The payment of social allowances conditional on five years of residence in France, as desired by the right, can also be looked at « sous conditions ». « No one will be 100% right. The greatness of our functions in the service of the French is to go beyond our egos.concludes Mr. Darmanin.
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