Immigration: Assembly rejects text calling for 1968 Franco-Algerian agreement to be denounced

2023-12-07T10:46:50.542Z

Highlights: The National Assembly on Thursday rejected a text asking the French authorities to denounce the 1968 Franco-Algerian agreement. The agreement confers a special status on Algerians in terms of movement, residence and employment in France. The motion for a resolution was rejected, with 151 votes against and 114 in favour. It had been put on the agenda by the deputies of Les Républicains (LR), as part of their "parliamentary niche", a day whose programme they set as they wish.

The National Assembly on Thursday rejected a text asking the French authorities to denounce the 1968 Franco-Algerian agreement, which confers a special status on Algerians in terms of movement, residence and employment in France.