Legal Immigration Hits Record High in France as Populists Call for National Referendum
Immigration rose to new heights in France last year amid growing calls from the populist National Rally for a referendum on immigration.

Immigration rose to new heights in France last year amid growing calls from the populist National Rally for a referendum on immigration.
President of the populist National Rally party Jordan Bardella predicted that fresh elections in France are “inevitable” this year, arguing that only the public can break the political log jam in the country.
In an apparent attempt to fend off a re-run of the quick collapse of his predecessor, French Prime Minister François Bayrou attempted to throw out some red meat to the right in his maiden speech to the National Assembly, backing proportional representation, increased deportations, and avoiding heavy tax hikes on businesses. However, it remains to be seen how long Bayrou can keep the knives at bay in Paris.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s popularity has fallen since the Yellow Vest protests, while Marine Le Pen leads the pack of potential successors.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the controversial former leader of the French National Front party, member of the European Parliament, and patriarch of the Le Pen political family dynasty, has died at the age of 96.
The fourth government of the year was unveiled by recently-installed French Prime François Bayrou on Monday evening, in what appears to be a doubling down on neo-liberal Macronism, with previously discarded allies of the president returning to power.
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has been hailed by globalist leaders, however, there are growing warnings that the instability in the country may lead to a repeat of the migrant crisis that destabalised Europe.
The government of France has fallen for the second time this year, as a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Michel Barnier was passed by the National Assembly on Wednesday, giving the former Eurocrat the ignominious distinction of being the shortest tenured prime minister in modern French history.
The French government is likely headed toward collapse this week after Marine Le Pen’s National Rally confirmed that it would join with the left on a motion of no confidence after Prime Minister Michel Barnier attempted to push through financial austerity measures through without a vote in the parliament.
The president of France’s populist National Rally party expressed his support for former President Donald Trump, praising the Republican candidate for his devotion to “patriotism” and his commitment to putting his country’s people first.
In the first major hurdle for the recently-installed French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, the battle over the nation’s budget begun on Wednesday, with both Marine Le Pen’s populist faction and the far-left New Popular Front rejecting the austerity measures.
A Moroccan migrant rapist suspected of killing a 19-year-old French girl in Paris was set free from prison early and despite having a deportation order was not removed from the country before the alleged murder, sparking demands that the new government finally crack down on immigration.
Prime Minister Michel Barnier has announced President Emmanuel Macron’s new government in France, which will represent a continuity establishment cabinet after months of deadlock.
Thousands of leftists took to the streets of France over President Macron’s installation of centrist Michelle Barnier as prime minister.
French populist Marine Le Pen vowed that her party will bring a vote of no confidence if President Macron attempts to install a leftist government.
Arch-globalist Ursula von der Leyen was been re-elected as the President of the European Commission for a second five-year term on Thursday.
A new alliance between Marine Le Pen and Viktor Orbán –the ‘Patriots for Europe’ — is now the third largest group in the EU Parliament.
France goes to polls on Sunday for the second round of an election expected to deliver right-wing dominance in what has been a starkly divided parliament.
Macron backs left candidates to keep right out of power, contradicting own claim that voting for either would lead France into “civil war”.
Thousands turned out to protest the populist victory in the first round of the French parliamentary elections on Sunday night.
Palace gossip claims Macron’s team is already planning to call yet another election if he loses this one, as he did another in early June.
Populist right says party would use French Parliament to block President Macron from deploying soldiers to the Ukraine War.
Emmanuel Macron warned the public that “civil war” awaits France if they fail to vote for his brand of neo-liberalism in the upcoming elections.
Hundreds of thousands protested in France against the alleged threat to democracy posed by people voting for the populist National Rally.
President Macron threw down the gauntlet to the French people and the right-populist opposition on Sunday.
In a stunning development, the head of the centre-right Les Républicans party backed an alliance with Marine Le Pen’s populist National Rally.
Allies of French President Emmanuel Macron have reportedly dubbed his deicision to call for a snap election “suicidal”.
President Macron responded to the defeat by dissolving the national parliament for fresh elections in bid to regain authority.
Mass migration will be the death of French civilisation, warned National Rally leader Jordan Bardella ahead of the EU Parliament elections.
A man who should have been deported in 2022 was arrested, critics of the government pointed to failure by the state to protect the public.
The National Rally of Marine Le Pen holds a commanding lead over French President Emmanuel Macron in the European Parliament elections.
President Emmanuel Macron summoned the leaders of French opposition parties to his Palace, laying out his vision and leaving attendees worried and confused.
The former head of the EU’s border enforcement agency will run for the EU Parliament for the French anti-mass migration National Rally party.
French populist parties are on pace to see record support in the EU Parliament elections and deal a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron.
French President Emmanuel Macron is “hanging by a thread” as left and right-wing parties banded together to reject his immigration bill.
The suspected Paris terrorist was reportedly in contact with other infamous Islamist killers and was on the government’s extremism watchlist.
The leading far-left party in France has refused to join a bi-partisan march against antisemitism in Paris on Sunday.
Emmanuel Macron reportedly railed against the limit on presidential terms preventing him from running again in 2027 as “disastrous bullshit”.
Confidence in French President Macron has fallen to its lowest level since the 2018 Yellow Vest protests, as Marine Le Pen’s right-wing populists surge.
A French mayor backed a proposal to allow non-EU foreigners to vote in local elections and stand for office, citing “social justice.”