I need to get back to understand this concept that
you have of national preference.
It is said and you and Mr.
Bardella said it even to the FT that,
you know, in order to have France for the French
housing,
certain jobs, certain social assistance would be a matter of
origin,
you know, would go to as you said,
you know, French people.
How does that work and is that even constitutional?
Can you make a difference between the assistant,
the public assistance that you give to French born versus
those who are immigrants,
who also pay taxes and who pay Social Security,
etcetera?
The possible preference. So first of all,
it's not national preference, it's national priority.
So it is exercised in a number of areas.
Firstly in social housing, for example.
In other words, the idea is very simple,
We're going to house people in social housing that has
been paid for by the French,
their parents, their grandparents over the generations.
We're going to give priority to those who have French
nationality,
whatever their origins are. It's about French nationals and when
French people who apply for it and meet the criteria
have obtained it,
the remaining social housing units can be allocated to foreigners.
For the rest, if you like,
the principle is clear. When it comes to contributed benefits,
IE those that foreigners pay contributions towards,
we won't touch them. It's a topic we've already tackled
since during the 2022 campaign we specifically said we wanted
to be able to change generally the constitution to allow
French citizens to be granted extra rights attached to their
nationality to those granted to foreigners.
The French already have a right that foreigners do not.
It's the right to vote.
It's not about origin or anything else.
It's just a question of nationality,
of belonging to a country and citizenship.
Why? Because foreigners who are present in our country and
that we respect,
and who are perfectly able to stay here if they
work,
if they respect the laws,
et cetera, the fact remains that they are in France
and have another country,
but the French only have one.