Overview
- The National Assembly adopted the RN’s non‑binding resolution by a single vote with backing from LR and Horizons, marking the first RN text passed under the Fifth Republic.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez warned against a confrontational approach, saying the “canal is totally cut” with Algiers and that migration cooperation has effectively stopped.
- Nuñez cited 500 forced returns to Algeria by late October versus 1,400 over the same 2024 period, adding that roughly 40% of detention center places are occupied by Algerian nationals.
- Algerian foreign minister Ahmed Attaf called the vote a Franco‑French issue and said Algeria would respond only if the French government formally moves to end the 1968 agreement.
- Hard‑line figures such as Éric Zemmour and RN’s Sébastien Chenu urged a tougher line, proposing steps like suspending visas and curbing family reunification, as legal debate continues over the treaty’s potential denunciation.