Immigration bill: Xavier Bertrand criticizes any “automatic right to regularization”

2023-10-29 19:38:54

While the boss of the LR group in the Assembly Olivier Marleix accused, Sunday, in an interview with Le Parisien, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin of “lying(ir)” on the immigration bill and the Republicans launched a petition demanding constitutional reform on the subject, LR President of Hauts-de-France Xavier Bertrand was less clear-cut than his comrades.

Guest on Sunday on the show “BFM Politique”, in partnership with Le Parisien-Aujourd’hui in France, the elected official estimated that the deletion of two articles from the bill, in particular the one which allows the regularization of undocumented immigrants in professions in tension (article 3) “would allow this text to be passed”. This would, according to him, offer more favorable “conditions”. An open position… provided that any “automatic right to regularization” is ruled out.

The need to “put away the dangerous”

“What is important is to regain control of our migration policy,” insisted Xavier Bertrand, insisting however on the need to “put the dangerous ones aside”. Close to Gérald Darmanin, target of his camp’s parliamentarians, Xavier Bertrand said he did not like “manhunts” and urged his political family not to choose the wrong opponent. “Enemy number 1 is political Islamism. »

Asked about his future, Xavier Bertrand said he wanted to appear as an “opponent who wants to bring solutions to the debate”, a “useful” contradictor, who has lost none of his “determination”. He said he was in favor of “the inclusion of abortion in the Constitution”. And distanced himself from those who would consider that “100% protection exists” for high schools.

A dig at Laurent Wauquiez? The possible candidate for 2027 had demanded the right, on October 18 in an interview with Le Parisien, to use “facial recognition software” on an experimental basis near high schools in his region to be able to identify people “monitored for terrorist radicalization” . And install porticos at the entrances.