2023-12-21 19:58:07
The French Minister of Higher Education and Research, Sylvie Retailleau, December 12, 2023. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP
The Minister of Higher Education and Research, Sylvie Retailleau, presented her resignation on Wednesday to Emmanuel Macron, due to a “deep disagreement” on measures concerning students in the Immigration Act, but it was ” Refused “announced his entourage to Agence France-Presse on Thursday December 21.
After the adoption of this contested law, with the votes of the right and the extreme right, Sylvie Retailleau had “reminded the Prime Minister of her deep disagreement with the measures concerning students”according to his office.
This resignation, presented on the sidelines of the council of ministers, “was refused” and the minister will remain ” in office “, specified the same source. If a minister wishes to leave office, this does not require the approval of the government or the President of the Republic.
The Head of State and Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, “assured the minister that the measures concerning students” in the “immigration” law “would be revised if they were not censored by the Constitutional Council”according to information from Figaro. They also declared to him “that the president wanted to talk about it” on France 5 the same evening. On Wednesday evening, Mr. Macron judged in the program “C à vous” that this deposit was not “not a good idea”but that the provisions which did not please “did not justify blocking everything”.
A few hours earlier on France Inter, the Prime Minister had also procrastinated on this measure. “The Minister of Higher Education may exempt students from this deposit based on their resources, depending on their meritorious academic or university career. Is this the best system? Not necessarily. Should we think about it? Maybe “, she had said. Then questioned about the cost of this deposit, Ms. Borne then recalled that the amount had to be fixed by regulation: “It could be 10 euros, 20 euros. »
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Threats of resignation before the adoption of the text
Five ministers had planned to discuss their position and the possibility of resigning if the highly contested text of the “immigration” law was adopted on Tuesday evening, during a dinner at the Ministry of Transport, organized at 8:30 p.m. by Clément Beaune. Sylvie Retailleau (higher education), Roland Lescure (industry), Patrice Vergriete (housing) and Rima Abdul Malak (culture) were among the participants in this meeting.
Ms. Abdul Malak for her part denied on Wednesday a possible resignation concerning her. Clément Beaune, Roland Lescure and Patrice Vergriete have not made a statement on this subject since the final adoption of the text. Only Aurélien Rousseau, who was not on the list of participants in this meeting, has since resigned.
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