France: A setback for Macron's immigration reform The Constitutional Council canceled the most controversial measures

The French Constitutional Council abolished this Thursday The most controversial immigration reform measures of President Emmanuel MacronAmong them is setting quotas by Parliament, Restricting family reunification and creating the crime of “irregular residence.”

The Supreme Court announced that “the Constitutional Council objects to 32 articles of the Immigration Control and Integration Improvement Law, of which there were 86 articles,” which clarifies the interpretation or also amends five articles of this reform, which opened a serious crisis in official authority.

The nine “wise men”, as members of the court are called, removed restrictions on family reunification, tightened access to social benefits and paid foreign students a “bond” for their return.

Other measures that have been abolished include reintroducing the crime of irregular residence, setting immigration quotas by Parliament and granting a long-term visa to British citizens who have secondary residence in France.

Therefore, the Supreme Court deleted from the text the main measures that Macron's centrist coalition, which does not have an absolute majority in parliament, and the right-wing opposition, the Republican Party, agreed to in December to obtain approval for this controversial reform.