French Constitutional Council Rejects Referendum on Immigration
French Right looks to revise Constitution to allow immigration law reform after attempts at stricter laws have failed.
French Right looks to revise Constitution to allow immigration law reform after attempts at stricter laws have failed.
Conservatives and right-of-centre parties won 33 of the 51 seats in the election to the Constitutional Council that will decide on the future of the new proposed constitution.
While validating the law as a whole, the Constitutional Council acknowledged that its adoption had been hampered by an “unusual” use of procedures aimed at restricting debate.
The opinion of the Constitutional Council is eagerly awaited by opponents of the reform who have placed all their last hopes in this institution.
The strikers claimed their intention to “turn the streets of Paris into a public dump until the pension reform is withdrawn.”
Although articles in the French press have highlighted the scandalous nature of these appointments to the Constitutional Council, there has been no reaction at the European level.
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