
Wilders Backs Anti-Immigration Bill, Demands Tougher Reforms
Immigration policies split the last coalition—now PVV’s Geert Wilders aims to deliver on his promises.

Immigration policies split the last coalition—now PVV’s Geert Wilders aims to deliver on his promises.

PM says keeping parliament open is “important for our democratic tradition”

France’s highest legal authority has become a political weapon for the ruling elite by preventing the enforcement of a firm migration policy.

The release of the damning report was intentionally delayed by officials until after the crucial vote on migration in France.

Given the opposition to the bill in the French president’s own camp, sending it for constitutional review may be a way to reassure his ministers.

The new law includes annual immigration quotas, an end to automatic birthright citizenship, and withdrawal of residency permits for violating “principles of the Republic” but also leaves out requests of the Right.

The vote represents a rejection of President Macron’s impossible “at the same time” approach to the sensitive issue of immigration.

Lacking a majority, Élisabeth Borne does not intend to reproduce a passage by force of the bill and prefers to postpone the debate.

Plans to reform the deportation process and open the pathway of regularisation to illegal immigration are likely to be opposed by the French Right and Left.