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| Fractious Immigration Vote Exposes Cracks in Macron’s Alliance | Fractious Immigration Vote Exposes Cracks in Macron’s Alliance |
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| President Emmanuel Macron of France stood behind a tough immigration law that Parliament passed this week with unwanted support from the extreme right, causing fissures in his governing coalition. | President Emmanuel Macron of France stood behind a tough immigration law that Parliament passed this week with unwanted support from the extreme right, causing fissures in his governing coalition. |
| Dozens of lawmakers voted against the new law, which also prompted Aurélien Rousseau, his health minister, to resign in protest. Still, Mr. Macron said he considered the law “a good law” in a television interview on Wednesday evening, calling it necessary to deal with the increasing pressure of migrants illegally entering the country. | Dozens of lawmakers voted against the new law, which also prompted Aurélien Rousseau, his health minister, to resign in protest. Still, Mr. Macron said he considered the law “a good law” in a television interview on Wednesday evening, calling it necessary to deal with the increasing pressure of migrants illegally entering the country. |
| “It is the shield we were missing,” he told “C à Vous,” a national television program. | “It is the shield we were missing,” he told “C à Vous,” a national television program. |
| “All the good souls who explain to me that what you are doing is not right — these are all the people who have governed for 40 years,” he added, assailing them for failing to act on issues like immigration and unemployment. “And what made extremist forces rise? That.” | “All the good souls who explain to me that what you are doing is not right — these are all the people who have governed for 40 years,” he added, assailing them for failing to act on issues like immigration and unemployment. “And what made extremist forces rise? That.” |
| No one in the government was irreplaceable, he said, “myself included.” | No one in the government was irreplaceable, he said, “myself included.” |
| But later, with a steely flair, he added: “I still have three and a half years ahead of me. I have no intention of stopping.” | But later, with a steely flair, he added: “I still have three and a half years ahead of me. I have no intention of stopping.” |