“It is the result of a commitment, the protective shield that we have been missing,” he explained in an interview with public television, apparently to ease tensions, including in the ruling party camp, in which almost 60 MPs did not vote in favor have norms that tighten the treatment of migrants, even on sensitive issues such as family reunification and social support.
According to the President, the initiative approved yesterday evening by the Senate and the National Assembly fulfills two objectives: combating irregular immigration and better integrating foreigners through language and work training.
The left and human rights organizations criticized the law for its strong right-wing bias, which was the result of a consensus between the government and conservatives in a mixed commission convened by Macron to save the project after a rejection motion prevented its debate at the assembly last week.
In his speech, the head of state admitted that he had not followed all the provisions of the text, including the introduction of a guarantee fund for foreign students.
In this regard, he pointed out that the norm was submitted to the Constitutional Council to check whether its content is consistent with the Magna Carta.
Macron denied that the new law was a victory for the extreme right, as its leader Marine Le Pen explained, and estimated that the measures were not in line with this ideology, which is exactly the opposite of what the document's critics claim .
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