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PM Bayrou calls for national debate on immigration after controversial 'flooding' comments

Incumbent Prime Minister François Bayrou pictured under the French flag in 2016 at the closing speech of a MoDem party retreat in western France. LOIC VENANCE / AFP

Prime Minister François Bayrou has called for a national debate on immigration and what it means to be French, days after stirring controversy with comments about immigrants 'flooding' France.

Bayrou's call for a national discussion French identity comes in response to comments from Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin who said that the constitution should be changed to end end current citizenship rights granted to people born in France, known as "jus soli" or "right of soil".

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