2024-01-21 19:45:48
A large coalition of opponents of the immigration law demonstrated throughout France on Sunday January 21 once morest the promulgation of the text. According to the CGT, 150,000 people participated in some 160 marches organized in France, while the Ministry of the Interior reports a total of 75,000 demonstrators. On Four days before a highly anticipated decision by the Constitutional Council, several left-wing leaders, such as Manon Aubry (LFI), Marine Tondelier (Ecologists), Olivier Faure (PS) and Fabien Roussel (PCF), marched in the streets of the capital , departing from Place du Trocadéro. Opponents of this controversial text are calling for its outright withdrawal, deeming it contrary to the principles of the Republic. This live is now over.
More than a hundred citizen marches organized. According to the 21 Janvier website, which lists calls for demonstrations, rallies were to take place in 164 places in mainland France and overseas during the weekend. The organizers denounce “a dangerous turning point in the history of our Republic” and castigate a text which, according to them, attacks “to land rights as well as to the fundamental rights proclaimed by the Constitution: to work, to education, to housing, to health…”.
An appeal signed by 201 personalities. Artists, researchers and other figures from the world of culture have called for demonstrations once morest the controversial text. “In our diversity of ideas, commitments, professions, we express our great concern following the vote on the immigration law., write the signatories. In their ranks, we find many actresses and actors such as Marina Foïs, Pierre Arditi, Swann Arlaud and Josiane Balasko. The latter invite in particular to gather in Paris, place du Trocadéro, from 2 p.m.
A law “contrary to our constitutional principles”, judge Jacques Toubon. The former Defender of Rights sharply criticized this text on Sunday on franceinfo. “We have introduced into this new law what I call, and what I denounce, national preference”he declared, referring to an orientation “contrary to our constitutional principles”. “The history of France was largely made by people coming from abroadinsisted Jacques Toubon. We cannot distinguish between ‘them and us’ when we talk regarding France and the French.” Guest of France Inter, the Minister of Gender Equality, Aurore Bergé, contested these statements: “I cannot let it be said that national preference has been put in place, that is not true.”
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