Immigration law: how the CMP will work, last hope for compromise

2023-12-12 21:31:35

“We want a compromise before Christmas because we cannot remain in this position of instability,” breathes a Renaissance deputy. After the slap in the face inflicted by the National Assembly, which voted on Monday for a motion to reject the immigration bill, the government announced that it wanted to convene a joint joint commission (CMP) “as quickly as possible”. Three letters for a well-known parliamentary tool used when voting on a text at first reading proves impossible.

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Concretely, it involves bringing together behind closed doors 7 deputies and 7 senators representing the political balances of the two chambers. These parliamentarians will be responsible for building a common bill on the basis of the last text voted on, the one that came out of the Senate, and which clearly leans to the right compared to the initial version. In the event of white smoke, the common version will have to be further validated in the Assembly and the Senate. If the CMP proves inconclusive, it will be back to square one: a new parliamentary shuttle will be organized and the Assembly will then have the last word.