The renegotiation of a Franco-Algerian agreement of 1968, which confers a favorable status to Algerians for their conditions of movement, stay and employment in France, is on “the agenda”, affirmed Wednesday December 6 the French Prime Minister.
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“ We have demands and the Algerian government has some on its side. So it is indeed on the agenda “, declared Ms. Borne in an interview with the newspaper Le Figaro posted online Wednesday evening. The right-wing opposition, but also members of the Macronist majority, want France to call into question this agreement which they consider too favorable to Algerians in terms of immigration.
This debate occurs a few days before the start of the examination, in the National Assembly on Monday, of a controversial immigration bill.
To unmask the “ false pretenses » from the presidential camp on the migratory level, the Republican deputies will thus propose, from Thursday, in a resolution included on the agenda of the National Assembly, “ the denunciation, by the French authorities, of the Franco-Algerian agreement of December 27, 1968 “.
There is no reason for there to be an Algerian privilege resulting from history which persists and favors massive migratory flows from Algeria.
LR wants to end the agreement when the government pleads for adjustments.
This caused some commotion within the presidential majority. Because the Renaissance deputies did not take a dim view of sending a “ signal » to Algeria, by calling into question the favorable status granted to its nationals. After an internal debate, the Macronist group will finally vote against, but the deputies of the allied Horizons party of former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe will vote for.
President Emmanuel Macron himself warned parliamentarians. “ It is not up to the National Assembly to decide France’s foreign policy “, he said Wednesday during the Council of Ministers, according to a participant.
This bilateral agreement signed on December 27, 1968 creates a unique status for Algerian nationals in terms of movement, residence and employment. Algerians have since not had a residence permit in France, but “residence certificates for Algerians”, 600,000 of which were issued in 2022.
(and with AFP)