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"Giving citizenship to foreigner" is definitely _not_ something that the government wants to have in the news during the election period (the election will be p

"Giving citizenship to foreigner" is definitely _not_ something that the government wants to have in the news during the election period (the election will be played, as usual, between the candidate that manages to balance fearmongering about foreigners and following the eternal french mandate of welcoming the oppressed.) So if there is a calculation, it's to do it well in advance of the campaign, so as not to have to justify themselves.

mytailorisrich 5y ago
No-one forced the government to set up this program, which is not a usual thing to do, and obviously everything is political when you're the government. They have not really done anything on immigration, it's not where they want to go, quite the opposite: "immigration is an opportunity for France" [1] and this is part of that stance. Marcon is appealing to the centre and left because I think he'd be quite happy to have another second round between him and Le Pen. It'd be closer than last time but he'd win. So ideally the best things he can do are things that make more people on the left vote for him and keep Le Pen on top on the right. This might be one of them. I also think Macron launched his campaign with his visit to Marseille, which also looked very much like an appeal to the centre and left. [1] https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Immigration-is-an-opportunity-for-France-says-President-Macron https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Immigration-is-a...