Immigration bill: seventeen LR deputies ready to vote on the text “if the spirit of the project voted by the Senate prevails”

Seventeen deputies from the Republicans (LR) announce that they are ready to vote in favor of the immigration bill, “ si prevaluates’spirit of the Senate project » to l’resulting from his examination at the’Assemblede. « We are readyts to preserve the main achievements of the Senate and to improve this law as much as possible »indicate the parliamentarians, including Julien Dive, Virginie Duby-Muller and Philippe Juvin, in a text published in The Tribune Sunday.

For his part, the president of the LR group in the Assembly, Olivier Marleix, warned Tuesday that the presidential camp would not « must not’wait to have a majorityIt is » of votes in favor of this text, “ at least not with us “, unless a reform of the Constitution is also put on the table. For several months, the right has focused on a reform of article 11 of the Constitution, which would make it possible to organize referendums on societal issues, including immigration. However, President Emmanuel Macron wascarte this possibility of a referendum on immigration following the meetings in Saint-Denis on November 17.

« Amend, Yes. Annihilate, non »

For the seventeen signatories of the forum, “the unraveling of the Senate text is obviously the main threat to the’future of this law ». « Amend, Yes. Annihilate, non »they explain, recalling that “ most senators of the presidential majority voted for the text in the Senate “. However, their opinion differsAndre of that of Olivier Marleix. The latter considers that article 4 bis “ is not a good solution “. The deputies emphasize for their part that the new version of this article, which provides for the regularization of illegal workers in sectors in tension, preserves “ the discretionary power of prefects » and is “a firm response which does not create an enforceable right on the merits ».

Will the Government, which only has a relative majority, manage to avoid the use of article 49.3 on this text? According to the calculations of a member of the majority citit’s pair The worldeven if the twenty-one members of the independent group Libertés, inddependents, overseas and territories (LIOT) provided their votes, there would still be “eighteen votes” missing to reach a majority.