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The immigration reform bill was a draft legislation introduced in Parliament on 1 February 2023 by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. It was received negatively by opposition parties, in particular by the conservative Republicans (LR) who both hold a majority in the Senate and the balance of power in the National Assembly .
PARIS (Reuters) -French lawmakers gave their final approval to a contested bill that toughens rules for immigrants on Tuesday, giving President Emmanuel Macron a policy victory that nonetheless ...
French President Emmanuel Macron's faces divisions within his ruling alliance after lawmakers approved legislation that toughens citizenship and social welfare rules for immigrants. Every year the ...
The immigration bill has been a key plank of Macron's attempts to show he can be tougher on law and order issues while keeping France's doors open to foreign workers who can help the economy.
During his 2021 presidential campaign, Barnier stated he would be in favour of proposing a referendum on whether to tighten the legal framework for immigration in France. As a candidate, he stated his intention in "putting a stop to non-European immigration for three to five years," during an interview with French weekly magazine Le Point. [61]
The 1993 Méhaignerie Law, which was part of a broader immigration control agenda to restrict access to French nationality and increase the focus on jus sanguinis as the nationality determinant for children born in France, [2] required children born in France of foreign parents to request French nationality between age 16 and age 21, rather ...
Senators in France opened debate on Monday on an immigration bill intended to strengthen the country's ability to expel foreigners considered undesirable. Advocacy organizations criticized the ...
On 11 December, Macron's "flagship" immigration bill was unexpectedly defeated. [217] Political commentators and news media described the vote as a "spectacular debacle", eventually sparking a major political crisis. [218] In an effort to salvage the bill, Macron's government sent the legislation to a special parliamentary committee.