Far-right leader Marine Le Pen pledged on Tuesday that if she wins the presidential election scheduled for next year, she will implement a constitutional amendment to enshrine "national priority" and abolish the right to acquire citizenship by virtue of birth on French soil. She also plans to deny non-French individuals family benefits.
Le Pen, who advanced to the second round of the previous presidential election in 2017, is currently well-positioned in polls to repeat this success in the upcoming election. During a press conference held in Paris, the candidate for the "National Rally" questioned whether "France will remain France or will it be swept away by the overwhelming tide of massive immigration that will erase our culture, values, and way of life?"
She added that if elected president, she would propose a migration control law via a public referendum aimed at achieving three goals: "regulating the flow of immigrants, protecting French nationality and citizenship, and affirming the supremacy of the French constitution and law over European and international laws, including the European Convention on Human Rights and decisions from the European Court of Justice."
She clarified that her project seeks to include clauses in the constitution that stipulate "control of foreign entry" and "deportation of foreigners convicted of serious crimes or offenses that undermine public order," enshrining "national priority" and "prohibiting any sectarian approach."
Additionally, her electoral program includes "abolishing birthright citizenship" and imposing "strict and proven integration criteria" for naturalization. The far-right candidate also promised to halt the principle of family reunification and restrict certain government benefits, such as family allowances, "exclusively to the French."
Le Pen vowed that preventing accommodation for irregular migrants would become "the norm," as would the deportation of delinquent foreigners.
