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Paris, Dec 19 (EFE).- The French government announced Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with the conservative The Republicans (LR) party to pass a toughened version of an immigration law that will now be put to a vote in the National Assembly. Even if it is not “perfect,” Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told the …
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Emmanuel Macron’s immigration bill has been shot down by opposition legislators without debate in a blow to the French president’s agenda.
French opposition lawmakers on Monday rejected an immigration bill without debating it, in a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron ’s government, which had championed the proposed law as one of its flagship measures. The government has yet to decide whether to keep pushing for the adoption of the bill intended to strengthen the country’s ability to expel foreigners considered undesirable or withdraw it. Members of all oppositions groups on the left and on the right voted a motion providing that the measure be rejected ahead of any debate at the National Assembly.