A far-right French political party headed by Marine Le Pen has declared this week its intentions to break the accord on migration that exists between France and Algeria.
Party official Sébastien Chenu said in an interview with BFM TV, “We propose to cancel the 1968 agreements with Algeria which were set up so that France could receive economic migrants and fill labor shortfalls, thus allowing stateless Algerians to travel freely between their country and France”.
Chenu added, “These agreements no longer have a reason to exist today. We shall in any case take them back to the negotiating table and redefine them in a way that they will no longer subtract from the right to migration. We shall put them up for discussion itself, as soon as we are in power.”
Former French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, possibly a candidate in the 2027 presidential elections, also proposed canceling the 1968 migration agreement with Algeria, under which France is obliged to let in those who request it, since it is no longer applicable to the current situation.
It is in these conditions that these are honestly said here, following the European parliamentary victories of the far right, and with their redoubtable rise in the early French legislative elections on June 30 and 1.
Last December, the French National Assembly rejected a bid by the right-wing Republicans Party, which many consider conservative in nature, to abolish the 1968 agreements. The vote was 151 noes and 114 yeses.
Far-right politician Éric Zemmour, on the other hand, has been affirming during his campaigning for the 2022 elections that he will, if elected, hold talks with the Algerian leaders but will rule out any apology for the colonizer’s past. The French press mentioned he will abolish the 1968 agreement that facilitates the employment and residency of Algerian migrants.