After the release of Édouard Philippe, the LR deputies were called upon to sign a motion for a resolution to denounce the Franco-Algerian agreement of 1968.
After the revision advocated by Édouard Philippe, the Republicans in the Assembly are calling for the unilateral denunciation of the Franco-Algerian agreement on immigration, and have tabled a motion for a resolution to this effect, Agence France-Presse learned on Wednesday 7 June with the parliamentary group.
This proposal calls for “the denunciation, by the French authorities, of the Franco-Algerian agreement of December 27, 1968 “, which creates a special status for Algerian nationals in terms of movement, residence and employment in France, we said from the same source, confirming information from RMC and JDD.
Under the terms of this agreement, the Algerians benefit from advantages on certain points compared to other foreign nationals (in particular as regards family reunification), on others they are losers (in particular for the students).
LR calls for unilateral “denunciation” of this agreement
“These derogations form what could almost be described as an automatic right to immigration”, states the motion for a resolution, which considers that “no reason henceforth justifies that Algerian nationals benefit from such a legal status”.
The authors of the resolution also deplore that the Algerian authorities have “not demonstrated their willingness to cooperate effectively” with France on the expulsions “by issuing consular passes”.
Judging that “the hypothesis of a simple renegotiation does not seem possible today”, the text written by the president of LR Éric Ciotti, its general secretary Annie Genevard and the boss of the deputies Olivier Marleix calls on the authorities “to denounce” this agreement unilaterally.
Gérard Larche in favor of a revision of the agreement
Already on Wednesday morning, the LR president of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, had advocated “re-examining” the agreement concluded in the wake of the end of the Algerian war, estimating on France Inter that “55 years later, the conditions have changed”.
The idea of a revision, sea serpent on the right, was revived by former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, himself an ex-LR. “Maintaining such a system today with a country with which we have complicated relations no longer seems justified to me,” he said in an interview with L’Express published on Monday.
