By Fayçal Benhassain
| May 19, 2021 | 8:52pm EDT
French President Emmanuel Macron with Francois Bayrou, a close ally. (Photo by Regis Duvignau/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Paris (CNSNews.com) – A French government commissioner is calling for an easing of immigration restrictions to counter an unsustainably low birthrate, stoking debate on a sensitive topic in an election season.
François Bayrou, whose role is to advise on the country’s economic and demographic future, also called in a report for French couples to have more children.
“France would need 40 to 50,000 births per year to ensure the renewal of generations,” Bayrou said in a statement to the AFP news agency.