National Assembly Rejects Bid To Change Franco-Algerian Immigration Deal
Several measures in the French immigration bill currently under discussion will not apply to Algerians, who have benefited from privileged status since 1968.
Several measures in the French immigration bill currently under discussion will not apply to Algerians, who have benefited from privileged status since 1968.
The parliamentarians voted against the government’s advice—advocating for a mere suspension—in favour of a pure and simple repeal.
Even if the government has not been overthrown and the pension law is automatically adopted, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne now suffers from a severe lack of legitimacy.
In order for the right to kill a child in the womb becomes part of the French constitution, the identical text must still be adopted by the Senate, where a draft has already been rejected in committee.
The only way to constitutionally counteract the use of Article 49-3 is the motion of censure. In theory, a motion of censure would have a chance to succeed if all the oppositions managed to unite, but this scenario will not happen.
The chairman of the French National Assembly’s law commission explained in an interview that Parliament’s freedom to legislate on ethical matters must be “absolute,” meaning that parliamentarians must not feel bound by public disapproval of euthanasia.
The legislative and executive powers are now engaged in a form of institutional one-upmanship. Emmanuel Macron, threatened by a motion of censure, answered with another threat: the dissolution of the National Assembly.
Aliot vs Bardella: two profiles, two opportunities. For all that, it is difficult to talk about two competitors, since the two men make their political loyalty to Marine the pillar of their candidacy.
By refusing to put on the costume of their job, the far-Left deputies are only embodying the most mediocre individualism, which triumphs everywhere else and against which they claim to fight.
A few days ago, France commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Vel d’Hiv round-up. Since the end of World War II, the subject has been very sensitive politically because it raises the question of France’s complicity in Hilter’s genocidal agenda.
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