For Aurore Bergé, the question of family allowances “is on the table”
“An agreement is possible and desirable” between the Republicans and the presidential camp in the National Assembly and the Senate on the subject of immigration lawdeclared this Sunday, December 17 on France 3 Aurore Bergé.
On the eve of the meeting of the joint committee which must decide the fate of the text, the Minister of Solidarity pleaded for Parliament to adopt this bill in the coming days.
Including if the final text indicates that it will take more time for foreigners before accessing family allowances? “I’m not saying no. Because I’m someone responsible, because I’m a member of a government and we need to change the text if we want an agreement,” says Aurore Bergé.
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“A xenophobic drift”: the left denounces the government’s concessions on the immigration law
Even before a possible agreement in the joint committee (CMP) this Monday between the presidential camp and the Republicans on the subject of the immigration bill, left-wing parliamentarians are angry. Many of them have criticized in recent hours the proposals “put on the table” by the government, which is trying to find common ground with the right-wing opposition in the National Assembly and the Senate.
This Sunday in particular, Minister Aurore Bergé confirmed that the conditions for granting social allowances (APL, family allowances, etc.) for foreigners in a legal situation are being discussed.
“To obtain an agreement on its despicable law on immigration, the government is therefore ready to take up the concept of national preference forged by Jean-Marie Le Pen,” denounced the coordinator of La France insoumise and deputy for Bouches-du- Rhône Manuel Bompard, denouncing “a xenophobic drift”.
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A government source indicates that “discussions have progressed well” on Sunday evening
“The discussions have progressed well. The exchanges were interesting and constructive, in line with last Thursday’s meeting,” a government source told BFMTV on Sunday evening following a third meeting in Matignon of LR officials. with Élisabeth Borne to try to agree on the immigration bill rejected Monday by the National Assembly.
“The Prime Minister did not spare her time. A lot of work was done,” said this source.
For Gérald Darmanin, “a text is better” on immigration than “no text”
“Is a text better than no text?” asked the Minister of the Interior.
“I think it’s better to have a text,” replied the tenant of Place Beauvau on BFMTV.
Ciotti indicates that “at this stage we cannot speak of an agreement”
“At this stage, we cannot speak of an agreement,” Eric Ciotti told AFP on Sunday evening after a third meeting in Matignon of LR officials with Elisabeth Borne to try to agree on the immigration bill rejected Monday by the National Assembly.
At the end of a meeting which lasted more than two and a half hours, the president of the Les Républicains party indicated that he was expecting “for tomorrow (Monday) morning” a “letter which must be addressed to the President of the Senate on the timetable for a reform of the AME (State medical aid for undocumented foreigners, editor’s note) which we want to see carried out at the beginning of 2024”.
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