In addition to the president, the nine-member body known as “The Elders” was summoned by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, the speaker of the National Assembly, Yael Brown-Bivett, and about 60 deputies, most of them drawn from the country’s political forces. He left contrary to the rule.
According to France Info, Macron confirmed in his request that the text had undergone important changes compared to the original version presented by the government, and hence the importance of checking whether the content approved by Parliament respects the rights and freedoms included in the constitution.
The immigration bill promoted by the executive branch was toughened by conservatives in the Senate, where the Republican Party dominates, and could not be voted on in the National Assembly due to a motion of disapproval that hampered debate.
In response to the failure, Macron set up a joint committee (seven senators and seven deputies) in which the ruling party and the conservatives reached an agreement, benefiting the latter in efforts to tighten immigration treatment, to the point that the far right described the initiative as an ideological victory.
Prime Minister Borne and Interior Minister and main promoter of the project, Gérard Darmanin, admitted that some of the planned measures could conflict with the constitution, including imposing a security deposit on foreign students to be admitted to educational centers in France.
The text also restricts family reunification and organizing for undocumented workers and calls for reform of government medical assistance for “undocumented” people, a benefit the right wants to eliminate.
It is not clear when the Constitutional Council intends to issue its irreversible ruling.
The “wise men” have one month to speak out, and their decision could be to pass the law, allowing Macron to issue it, or to condemn it, meaning the votes in parliament that followed the mixed bloc agreement would be annulled. commission.
The other possibility, which is more likely, is for the Council to reject some articles of the standard and allow it to be issued.
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