President Emmanuel Macron is still the captain of the ship France, despite last week's turmoil surrounding the tightening of migration policy. He assured that in an interview with the television channel France 5 on Wednesday evening.
The law contained such strong wording that nearly a quarter of Macron's coalition members voted no or abstained in Tuesday's vote. It raised fears of a government crisis.
In the interview, Macron said he has three and a half years left in his term and has no plans to quit early. Admittedly, his health minister resigned in protest, but support in the National Assembly appears to be intact.
- I respect the men and women who abstained or voted against the law, but has a single one of them left our coalition? Has anyone said they want to break away?
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France tightens laws on migration - despite the uprising
France's National Assembly has voted for a tightening of immigration policy with the numbers 349 for and 186 against. This is reported by the French media.
An important part of the law is that social benefits are conditional. People must have lived in France for five years to take part in such, or 30 months for those who have a job.
President Emmanuel Macron's party has been divided on the issue and ministers have accused his own government of caving in to the far right, which sees the tightening as a major ideological success. However, the bill received such a large majority that the support of Marine Le Pen's National Rally party was not necessary for it to pass.
Health Minister Aurélien Rousseau, who had opposed the law, announced at the end of the vote that he was resigning, according to Le Monde.
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