It’s a fact: Bruno Retailleau and his numerous outings on immigration are increasingly annoying in Macronie. Thus, the prospect of a new law on the subject for the beginning of 2025 is more than gnashing teeth in the central bloc. While the subject has been brewing for around ten days, the landing of this text was confirmed on Sunday by Maud Bregeon, the government spokesperson, confirming the determination of the Minister of the Interior to take up this issue. The fact remains that, while no one will be surprised by this offensive, there is annoyance in the air within the central bloc, the pivotal group on which the Barnier government is based.
Marine le Pen is before the judges and the government launches a new controversy on immigration…”
Near “Sud Ouest”, Florent Boudié, the president of the Law Commission, did not hide it, this Monday, October 14: “Increase announcements in the press, whether on immigration or security , it’s starting to work well. We cannot have a method of bypassing parliamentarians at a time when the government is in a minority. » Above all, this reaction follows a letter he sent to her on October 10. In this letter, Florent Boudié is surprised, again, to learn “through the press”, the desire of the Minister of the Interior to return to the Valls circular, this provision which allows the exceptional regularization of some 30,000 foreigners in an irregular situation per year. An announcement made on October 8 before the prefects, but not before the Law Commission which had heard him a few days earlier… This criticism, the deputy for Gironde will say to him in person this Tuesday, October 15 during their interview. And all the more so since this new bill raises questions. Certainly, the announced objective is to extend from 90 to 210 days the detention in administrative detention centers of illegal immigrants deemed dangerous. But still?
Lightning rod
However, since his arrival in Beauvau, he immediately printed his line. “Immigration is not an opportunity,” he said at the end of September, sending another wink to Marine Le Pen. By investing so much in immigration, is the government trying to avoid a motion of censure from the RN? This Monday, Jordan Bardella, its president, said he was waiting for this new law “impatiently”, while waiting to “see” the content of the text. Among the Macronists, we are saddened by this sequence: “Marine Le Pen is before the judges and the government is launching a new controversy on immigration when we should let her explain herself on these matters. » Translation: while the storm threatens the RN, the government is its best lightning rod.
