Debate at the National Assembly on immigration between Jacques Chirac and Edith Cresson

Debate at the National Assembly on immigration between Jacques Chirac and Edith Cresson

Debate in the National Assembly and verbal confrontation between Prime Minister Edith CRESSON and RPR President Jacques CHIRAC, on the theme of immigration; Speech of Jacques CHIRAC: "... Are you determined... With respect for the rights and dignities of men, to discourage and control the growing flow of immigration.... The remedies are clear: to control the entry of foreigners and expel the illegals and those who make them come..." and reply of Edith CRESSON Prime Minister addressing Jacques CHIRAC: "Mr Prime Minister, except for the last two sentences, I had the feeling to hear Mr LE PEN and not MR CHIRAC". "As for the people you say are immigrants, they have been for a very long time, for so long that they are now French, that the governments of the right have brought in, and that we must now integrate".

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File : National Assembly: the highlights

Publication date : 12 June 1991