With Backing From Marine Le Pen, Rigorous New French Immigration Bill Passes

The new bill dramatically curtails migrants’ access to citizenship, rights to social benefits, and family reunification procedures.

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The French right-wing leader, Marine Le Pen, listens as French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin delivers a speech at the French National Assembly at Paris. AP/Michel Euler

Marine Le Pen’s support for President Macron’s tough immigration bill on Tuesday is a moment to mark in Europe’s political pivot to the right this year, and this one comes just months ahead of already hotly anticipated elections for the European parliament.

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