PARIS (dpa-AFX) – Several thousand people took to the streets in France over the weekend against the controversial new immigration law. Over 100 rallies were planned in various cities, as the television station franceinfo reported on Sunday. In Paris, several thousand people gathered near the Eiffel Tower. Around 2,000 people protested in Lille and Caen, as well as in Metz. On Saturday between 3,000 and 4,000 demonstrators took to the streets in Toulouse.
The new law pushed by President Emmanuel Macron was intended to better regulate migration and fundamentally improve integration. However, under pressure from the conservative opposition party Les Républicains, on whose votes Macron’s center camp depended to pass the law, the law was tightened. It is not yet in force. Since the government and Macron have constitutional doubts on some points, they submitted the law to the Constitutional Council. This will announce on Thursday whether passages need to be improved./rew/DP/he