“There were not many differences of opinion, but we did not come to seek an agreement. This meeting was not intended to be decisive,” he said, speaking on condition of anonymity in accordance with French professional norms. the aide added.
Mr. Letaillot is a hard-liner in the conservative Republican party and has faced criticism from Mr. Macron and his centrist allies over his tough stance on immigration, a top priority for the interior minister.
After losing his majority in the lower house of parliament in snap elections this summer, Mr Macron struck a deal with the Républicains to form a fragile minority government. The alliance allowed Mr. Macron to maintain his grip on power, but forced him to share it with conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier and ministers who sometimes moved further to the right than the president was comfortable with. Ta.
While Mr. Letaillot and Mr. Barnier are pushing for a crackdown on both legal and illegal immigration, Mr. Macron is seeking to maintain a more moderate course amid a rightward shift on immigration across the European Union.
Barnier’s government has promised to increase enforcement rates for deportation orders, which are currently extremely low, due in part to geopolitical tensions with the countries of origin of many migrants living in France without legal permission.
Mr. Letailraud recently came under fire for saying that immigration is “not in France’s interest” and that the état de droit, a French concept similar to the rule of law, is neither “intangible nor sacred.” There is.
