Reception by Santiago Abascal to Marine Le Pen at the Madrid Summit 01/28/2022. Photo courtesy of Vox Espana.
At The New York Sun, Anthony Grant discusses the recent immigration reform in France, calling it “one of the most dramatic French political upsets since the 1990s.” He writes:
Marine Le Pen’s support for President Macron’s tough immigration bill on Tuesday is a moment to mark in Europe’s political pivot to the right this year, and this one comes just months ahead of already hotly anticipated elections for the European parliament.
The new immigration bill is more robust than the government’s initial text. It dramatically curtails migrants’ access to citizenship, rights to social benefits, and family reunification procedures. It is the kind of measure that would be on Governor Abbott’s Christmas wish list from President Biden.
In France, lawmakers from the conservative Les Républicains and more right-leaning National Rally — that is Ms. Le Pen’s party — weighed in on the content of the text. There seems little doubt that the votes and voice of the rightist party was instrumental in getting the bill to pass.
That led to one of the most dramatic French political upsets since the 1990s. For a large number of Mr. Macron’s own parliamentary members voted against the measure that Mr. Macron and Mme. Le Pen worked together, if separately, to pass. The moment would have been unthinkable only a few years ago.
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