The leader of the Macronist deputies Gabriel Attal affirmed Monday, October 14 that a new law on immigration, announced by the government for the beginning of 2025, did not seem “totally a priority” to him. “Making a law for the sake of a law, without explaining to us what would be in it, does not seem to me to be a total priority,” declared the former Prime Minister on France Inter. “Making a law for the sake of a law makes no sense,” he insisted.
“We adopted a law less than a year ago on immigration, with measures, some of which are not yet in force since the decrees have not yet been issued,” noted the president of the Ensemble pour la group. republic (EPR).
“Early 2025”
The government announced on Sunday a new law on immigration, the examination of which could begin as early as “early 2025” in Parliament, just one year after the previous text on the subject which had fractured the majority in the National Assembly. “There will be a need for a new law”, in particular to allow “the extension” of “administrative detention” of illegal aliens deemed dangerous, explained government spokesperson Maud Bregeon.
One of the options envisaged is to increase the maximum period of detention from 90 to 210 days, which is currently only possible in relation to terrorist offences. “We did it by extending the period of detention. We increased it from 45 to 90 days” by a 2018 law, replied Gabriel Attal. “What is a priority is to act so that the State can truly control who enters and leaves” the country, he said.