Bruno Retailleau Proposes Eliminating Birthright Citizenship Through Referendum
The Republican candidate announced his intention to revise the Constitution to expand the scope of referendums to migration policies if he wins the presidential election.
Bruno Retailleau, the candidate from the Republican party, announced his intention to revise the Constitution in order to expand the range of subjects that can be put to a referendum, according to an article published by Le Monde on September 8, 2026.
Among the measures envisaged is the possibility of resorting to a referendum to eliminate birthright citizenship, which currently allows children born in France to foreign parents to acquire French nationality under certain conditions.
This proposal would fit, according to the same source, into a broader effort to open the referendum process to migration policies, a domain that currently largely escapes this type of direct citizen consultation.
The candidate made implementation of this project conditional on victory in the presidential election, though the precise timeline for such a constitutional reform was not detailed in the reported information.
Le Monde's article does not specify the legal procedures envisaged for this constitutional revision nor the reactions of other political forces to this announcement.
Sources
- Bruno Retailleau souhaite supprimer le droit du sol par référendum — Le Monde — Une
EGazette summarizes reporting from multiple sources; follow the links for the originals.
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