The left and the immigration taboo
The deputies of Nupes, in the National embly, July 11, 2022. Ait Adjedjou Karim/Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACA DECRYPTION – A sensitive subject, migration issues are nevertheless part of the concerns of…
The left and the immigration taboo
The deputies of Nupes, in the National embly, July 11, 2022. Ait Adjedjou Karim/Ait Adjedjou Karim/ABACA
DECRYPTION – A sensitive subject, migration issues are nevertheless part of the concerns of the electorate on the left.
As in every family, political or not, it is agreed to put certain subjects under the carpet to avoid conflict. On the left, it is the migration issue that is generally put in the background. “The subject remains hyper-flammable”, deplores an elected socialist. Fabien Roussel is the last to have burned his wings. During his re-election to the PCF congress at the beginning of April, the national secretary had seen fit to denounce “the strainer borders”. If his remarks aimed above all at the excesses of globalization, thereby evoking relocations, some of his comrades on the left accused him above all of taking up the words of the RN. “Our borders are not sieves, but, above all, the humans who try to cross them risk their lives every day”replied the Green MP Sandrine Rousseau. Even with a small spark, the conflagration quickly arrived.
However, the parties of the Nupes will not be able to avoid the obstacle forever. Their opponents hope…
