Does anyone know the answer to this?
SĂ©bastien Chenu was crowing about it on RMC this morningâŠ
The law will need to be promulgated by the President first, before it goes into effect, and then any decrees which need writing, or rewriting, will need to be published. The decree writing/rewriting part can take a certain time (several years in some cases), so while Macron could drag his feet on promulgating the law, if and when it gets the seal of approval, the law might come into effect without any decree to back it up and provide the meat to the sauce, in which case it would be toothless. As an example, the present law contains a clause on an obligatory financial guarantee for foreign students, but Borne is alleged to have already said that she would set this to something like 20 EUR, i.e. not really what either the LR or RN had in mind, when they approved that amendment.
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I need to do Lâs before May so should be OK then!
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One thing is certain, Macron and his government are not mega-happy about the current wording, hence the boot up to the CC to ask which bits are âunconstitutionalâ. Even the spokesperson on RMC this morning from the RN also admitted that there were probably parts of the law that were unconstitutional, but added that it was better than nothing and a step in the right direction for them. It looks like the RN is hoping that it will come back to parliament after been knocked down by the CC, so that they can either (a) have another bite at the cherry and get more of their âimmigration policyâ included ; and/or (2) crow about how weak Macron is once again, and demand a public constitutional referendum and/or dissolution of parliament and an ensuing general election. Just more of the same old, same old, but more deftly put to seduce those voters that might still be on the fence about the history of where the RN came from as a political force. The opposite side of the spectrum, and pseudo-Stalin-in-waiting MĂ©lenchon has shown himself unable to control his outbursts or his speech, which is why it would appear that only the diehard anarcho-{insert appropriate somewhat extreme leftwing political leaning here} will continue to support him and what is left of the NUPES, but the RN keep gaining ground on the right/center-right, as they maintain a tight(ish) communications line and spinning on a sixpence tactic when things go slightly awry for them at any given moment. I donât like the RN or what they stand for, but Iâve got to hand it to them, theyâve got their communication sussed (for the time being).
A note of caution needs to be exercised, the law could be deemed unconstitutional as it favours one group of foreigners over another.
Americans for instance owning second homes in France may well be wondering how the Brits can have Brexited but still be demanding preferential treatment in France.
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Precisely! There is really little point discussing it at the moment.
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