French authorities on Sunday announced a controversial plan to amend the Constitution to revoke birthplace citizenship on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, which has been struggling with social unrest and a crippling migration crisis. Issued on: 12/02/2024 – 14:08Modified: 12/02/2024 – 14:14 3 min France currently grants citizenship through both bloodline and birthplace, …
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The French lower house of parliament was set on Monday to begin debating a bill seeking to tighten immigration rules criticised by both the far-right and hard-left in a major test for the government of President Emmanuel Macron. Issued on: 11/12/2023 – 14:13Modified: 11/12/2023 – 14:51 2 min Originally proposed by Macron’s centrist government with …
A push by France’s conservative-led Senate to strip undocumented migrants of their access to free healthcare has sparked a public outcry among workers across the medical profession, many of whom have pledged to ignore a measure they describe as an ethical, sanitary and financial aberration. Medical practitioners voiced their dismay in a flurry of media …
France’s powerful Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Sunday issued a stark warning over the danger of far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen winning the presidency in the next election, while burnishing his own ambition to succeed Emmanuel Macron in 2027. Issued on: 27/08/2023 – 21:06 3 min A sequence of bold statements by Darmanin have rocked …