JEFF PACHOUD / AFP
The decision rendered this Thursday by the highest constitutional court in the country leads the president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region to regret, in an interview with Parisian, a “distortion of our democracy”.
If the government was tackling the immigration law head-on, the decision rendered Thursday by the Constitutional Council looks like a snub for the right. The Sages of the rue de Montpensier have in effect censored the strongest articles, added by The Republicans during the discussions and parliamentary negotiation. In total, a third of the provisions have been partially or completely removed. This is seen as a victory within the executive – which is proud that the initial bill was validated – and as a negation of democratic debates by those who take a hard line on the migration issue. Like Laurent Wauquiez. In an interview with Parisian , the president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region protests against a “long-lasting and serious blockage of our country”. According to him, gradually “a coup d’état of law has been established in our country in recent decades.”
Way for the putative contender for the 2027 presidential election to denounce “the comedy of impotence” which is played out on the side of the deputies. According to him, the French elect parliamentarians so that they “vote a law that will not be applied.” The censorship of “entire sections of legislation passed by the representatives of the people” basically means only one thing: “The perversion of our democracy.” And Laurent Wauquiez deplores a “decision (which) empties a law passed by two-thirds of parliamentarians of its content” and who is nevertheless “supported by the French”.
“We must modify the constitution”
Joining the mantra of a “judges’ coup”previously denounced by the president of the RN Jordan Bardella, the former president of the Republicans does not see “the rule of law at work”but rather “an ideology which consists of destroying all forms of authority, that of the State in the first place.” Because “the rule of law is above all the right of the people to be protected by their State”, proclaims Nicolas Sarkozy’s former minister. For him, as for his Republican comrades, there remains only one solution: “We must amend the Constitution. It’s up to the French people to decide.” With the objective of “rescue our democracy from impotence.” “This will be the great debate that will guide us in 2027.”