The law, which aims to toughen immigration treatment, is sparking controversy and division in the country. The conservatives and the extreme right are in favor of a more aggressive text, the left is in favor of its withdrawal and the executive is pushing to save a proposal that is as balanced as possible. .
Seven senators and seven deputies take part in the mixed commission, five from Los Republicanos (Conservatives) and as many government parties, forces that appear to be negotiating the relegation of the other parliamentarians, two socialists, one from La Francia Insumisa and one from the National Group ( rightmost).
The discussions are based on the document adopted by the Senate, in which the traditional right dominated and voted for a much more aggressive project than that of the government, which envisages the abolition of state medical assistance for undocumented immigrants and aims to improve the situation of people who work in positions to regulate with labor shortages.
The debate in the National Assembly was broken up by a very rare and fleeting unity of action between the left, the conservatives and the extreme right, obviously for different reasons.
Faced with the failure, President Emmanuel Macron decided to convene the joint commission in the expectation of adopting a law before the end of the year, thereby excluding for the time being the criticized possibility of resorting to Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows approval of initiatives without a parliamentary vote.
It is not certain whether there will be a consensus in the coming days, as the Minister of the Interior and main proponent of the text, Gérald Darmanin, stated that they were closer to an agreement than a disagreement, but the conservative leader in the Senate President Bruno Retailleau stated: “We cannot say there is an agreement.”
If the new law is passed, one thing seems certain: the possibility of quickly expelling from French territory people considered very dangerous to society, for example for terrorism or criminals, an option that would compromise the rights of others Would like to expand categories For example, those who are denied asylum.
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