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The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

French government vows to push on with immigration bill despite defeat

The French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, and the health minister, Aurélien Rousseau
The French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin (left), and the health minister, Aurélien Rousseau, at the national assembly in Paris on Tuesday. Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images

The French government has said it will push on with a planned immigration law in the face of a political crisis after opposition parties from the left to the far right refused to even debate it in parliament.

The president, Emmanuel Macron, and the centrist government were surprised by a humiliating defeat on Monday – the first time in 25 years that a government bill was rejected before even being debated by parliament.

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