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A reworked and significantly tougher bill that will restrict the "rights and living conditions of foreigners" has made its way through parliament despite the outright rejection of a contentious earlier version earlier this month.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin s bill was adopted with a significant majority, receiving 349 votes in favor and 186 against. Marine Le Pen s endorsement of the text, calling it an ideological victory, set off a crisis within President Emmanuel Macron s party.
France s Marine Le Pen is celebrating an ideological victory after President Emmanuel Macron fought division in his party to pass a tough immigration bill.
The French parliament on Tuesday passed an immigration bill backed by the government of President Emmanuel Macron after he faced a major rebellion within his own party over the support