The President of the Republic intervened Monday evening with the Prime Minister and the President of the Senators LR to urge them to find an agreement on the bill.
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Emmanuel Macron intervened on Monday, December 18, on the sidelines of negotiations between the majority and the Republicans on the text of the immigration law examined by the Joint Commission, franceinfo learned from consistent sources.
The President of the Republic called Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and the president of senators LR Bruno Retailleau, during the suspension of the CMP session, to ask them to find an agreement on the bill.
The Élysée denies
These phone calls were immediately criticized in the name of the separation of powers. The Élysée denied to franceinfo the intervention of the head of state. The entourage of the boss of the LR senators also reacted. “The President of the Republic did not call Bruno Retailleau during the session suspension”, indicates this source to France 2. Despite these denials, franceinfo maintains this information. For the record, the Constitution prohibits the President of the Republic from intervening in the legislative debate.
