This time, the government is closing the door to a departing minister. While Aurélien Rousseau threw in the towel, Wednesday December 20, Sylvie Retailleau presented her resignation to Emmanuel Macron on the same day due to a “deep disagreement” on measures concerning students in the immigration bill passed the day before. But her resignation was refused, the minister’s entourage announced Thursday. “The President and the Prime Minister assured the minister that the measures concerning students, in particular concerning the return deposit, would be revised if they were not censored by the Constitutional Council”, explains this source to franceinfo. Follow our live stream.
The CGT is considering “major actions”. The general secretary of the CGT called on Thursday RMCto the “civil disobedience” After the adoption of the immigration bill by Parliament. The union is also considering “the multiplication of resistance actions against this law”, Who “deeply calls into question all our republican principles” And “rolls out the red carpet on the far right”declared Sophie Binet.
Gatherings in several cities. In Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine), a demonstration brought together 2,500 people on Wednesday evening, according to the Solidaires 35 union, and 1,800 according to the police. Around fifty people also gathered in Avignon (Vaucluse), more than 200 in Besançon (Doubs) and around fifty in Cherbourg (Manche), reports France Bleu.
A revolt from the left-wing departments. The 32 left-wing departments will not apply the tightening of the conditions for payment to foreigners of the Personalized Autonomy Allowance, provided for by the immigration bill, they announced in a joint press release.
“For peaceful debates”, one ticket bought, one offered at the immigration museum. “We wish (…) to invite everyone to know this story better,” the museum wrote in a press release. “While the 30th law on immigration since 1980 was passed this week, giving rise to legitimate debates and questions, it is valuable to know what we are talking about and to remember that the history of immigration is constitutive of the ‘history of France’, specifies the organization, which will offer a free place with the purchase of a ticket this weekend.