The Constitutional Council’s line received strong criticism from the extreme right.
Vilma Romsi,
Roni Kuronen
France’s Constitutional Council has rejected more than a third of the articles of the country’s new immigration law, as it interprets the regulations to be against the country’s constitution.
News agencies, among others, report on the matter Reuters and AFP and news channel France24.
President of France Emmanuel Macron the government previously passed the controversial law due to increased pressure from the far right.
Among the rejected pieces of legislation are, for example, regulations limiting immigrants’ social security and family reunification, as well as the new quotas set by the country’s parliament for the number of immigrants.
According to critics, the law is against the basic values of France and a gift from the government to the French extreme right. Before the constitutionality of the law was discussed, a group of protesters had gathered in front of the Constitutional Council building in Paris.
On Sunday, around 75,000 protesters opposed the law reform across the country.
Controversial law
The Reuters news agency estimates that the council’s position will bring relief to President Macron, whose minority government had to toughen the content of the law reform to its current level due to pressure from conservatives.
The Constitutional Council’s policy largely left the government’s original policy in place. Minister of the Interior by Gerald Darman praises this in community service X.
– The Constitution Committee accepts the government’s original text, Darmanin writes.
Far-right party Chairman of the National Alliance Jordan Bardella in turn criticized the decision and called it a “judge coup supported by the president”.
The Reuters news agency estimates that the council’s position will bring relief to President Macron, whose minority government had to toughen the content of the law reform to its current level due to pressure from conservatives.
The leader of the National Alliance party Marine Le Pen has described the law as an ideological victory, which according to Reuters is embarrassing for the center-right Macron.
The law reform caused a rebellion within Macron’s own Renaissance party.
To ease tensions, Macron submitted the law to the Constitutional Council for review.