Right to vote in municipal elections for all foreigners: Sacha Houlié’s bill does not please Gérald Darmanin

By his own admission, he was “taken aback” and didn’t “think it would make so much noise”. By tabling a bill on Tuesday August 2 to “grant the right to vote and stand as a candidate in municipal elections” to all foreigners, even non-Europeans, Sacha Houlié (Renaissance), the brand new president of the law commission of the National Assembly, did not expect to cause such a stir.