Europe 1 with AFP 12:47 p.m., October 29, 2023
The vice-president of the Assembly, Naïma Moutchou, of the Horizons group, announced that she was distancing herself from several measures in the immigration bill. In particular, it says it is "unfavourable" of the article which provides for the regularisation of certain undocumented workers employed in "occupations in tension".The vice-president of the Assembly, Naïma Moutchou, of the Horizons group, distanced herself on Sunday from several measures of the immigration bill, bringing grist to the mill of the right by considering with regard to article 3 that "the 'at the same time' on this subject shows its limits". "On an intellectual level", Naïma Moutchou says she is "unfavourable" of this article which plans to regularise certain undocumented workers employed in "jobs in tension", in an interview with Le Figaro.
"There is nothing obvious about considering that the illegal retention of illegal workers on the territory could open up rights," said the MP who is a member of the majority, also seeing it as "a form of encouragement to illegal immigration". Although she will be "attentive to a new wording of this article", the MP does not however "make it a totem because (she) ultimately wants the text to be voted on".
In favour of "transforming state medical aid into emergency medical aid"
Naïma Moutchou also says she is "in favour of the idea of transforming (...) state medical aid (AME) in emergency medical aid (AMU), as proposed by the LR senators". It invites us to "question the conditions of family reunification". And it considers that Article 4, which "gives the possibility to certain asylum seekers to work immediately on the territory (...) raises questions." "European law does not require it and no other country does it in Europe. Is it really necessary?" asked the MP, a member of former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe's party.
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In general, she believes that while the text presented by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin is "indispensable", it is "not sufficient to face all the challenges of society". It is in favour of "immigration by choice, not by force", and advocates, like LR, the Danish example. "They admitted that they could not combine open borders with a generous social model and the absence of a project to share common values. We must also have this debate in France," she said.
The immigration bill arrives in the Senate chamber on November 6. Several right-wing tenors took turns this week to point out its limitations, raising doubts more than ever about the possibility of the government finding a majority on this text.