Many societies are familiar with what currently troubles the French: bold reform policies conflict with constitutional law, especially when it comes to migration. In a functioning democracy with a balance between parliament, government and judiciary, it does not follow that immigration law is set in stone. Just quick actions like the one before Christmas in Paris are not enough.
There, and not just with the judicial withdrawal of the conditions for non-European migrants that were rudely imposed by right-wing parties, the chain of events begins that will certainly not reconcile the French with their institutions.
Pyrrhic ideological victory
Right-wingers now accuse Macron of a setup with constitutional judges, who in fact restored the government project. Did they not realize that in their greed for an “ideological victory” (Marine Le Pen) they were overloading the law and thus making it formally contestable?
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Politically, before the European elections, they will be pleased that many of the expected hardships for immigrants have not yet become law and that they can once again insult Macron as an arrogant opportunist who is deaf to the will of the people. .
If there was a “coup d'état”, it was a game by politicians who used one of the most important concerns of the French people for a political ploy.