China News Service Paris, December 20 (Reporter Li Yang) France** Macron defended the immigration law on the 20th local time, saying that France will continue to welcome foreigners;The relevant laws that have been adopted provide a protective effect to the State.
In the evening's more than two-hour talk show, Macron spent a lot of time explaining his views on immigration law. He noted that the text of the immigration law is "very clear" and is designed to deter illegal immigration. He said that there is a migration problem in France, but France is not "inunocrupulated" by immigrants. Immigration law, he said, was the result of a necessary compromise.
Macron said that France has always welcomed and will continue to welcome foreigners;Referring to issues related to student residency, he hinted that there is still room for policy adjustments, and he believes that France needs to continue to attract talent and students from all over the world.
Macron singled out far-right parties and immigration law-related issues, pointing out that far-right parties have exploited people's fears of immigration, and that the passage of the immigration law in parliament is a sign of the failure of far-right parties.
The French parliament voted on the evening of the 19th to pass the draft immigration law. Although the ruling party camp resisted the pressure to push the bill through, it caused a lot of controversy in France. The text of the immigration law passed in parliament is considered to be more right-leaning in political positions, and it also unexpectedly touched the support of far-right parties, and the left camp is generally dissatisfied with this, and the ruling party camp is also **, French Health Minister Russo announced his resignation. Macron said he respected his decision to resign.
According to a poll released on the 20th, the majority of the French people support the immigration law passed by parliament, and about seventy percent of respondents are satisfied with the bill, and nearly half of the respondents believe that the bill is balancedBut the poll also showed that more than seven out of ten respondents felt that the immigration law was influenced by far-right partisan thinking. (ENDS).