The National Assembly adopted on Thursday, by one vote, a Rassemblement National resolution to denounce the 1968 France-Algeria agreement, which provides a favorable migration regime for Algerians. For the first time, an RN text is approved by deputies, with support from the right and Horizons, despite opposition from the government and the left.
On October 30, 2025, during the Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary niche, deputies voted 185 to 184 in favor of the resolution proposing to 'denounce' the 1968 France-Algeria agreement. Signed six years after the Algerian War, this agreement allows Algerian nationals to obtain a ten-year residence permit through an accelerated procedure and facilitates family reunification with a ten-year residence certificate.
This marks a historic first for the RN, which had never seen one of its texts adopted in 40 years of parliamentary history. The 122 RN deputies were joined by 15 from the Union des droites pour la République (UDR), 26 Les Républicains (LR), and 17 Horizons, plus three non-attached and two LIOT. Laurent Wauquiez justified the LR vote: 'When the RN carries projects or convictions that we share, there is no reason not to vote for what we want for our country.'
The government, opposed, was weakened by low turnout from the centrist camp: only 30 of 92 Renaissance deputies voted against, and Gabriel Attal was absent. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu stated he respects the vote but called to 'renegotiate' the agreement, 'which belongs to another era,' reminding that 'France's foreign policy is not made by parliamentary resolutions' and that the president guarantees treaties.
Marine Le Pen hailed a 'historic day for the RN,' urging the government to 'take account of the Assembly's vote.' Bruno Retailleau (LR) pressed Emmanuel Macron to 'assume firmness with Algeria,' stating that 'the diplomacy of good sentiments has failed.' On the left, Mathilde Panot denounced a 'racist text' passed thanks to 'the absence of macronists,' while Cyrielle Chatelain regretted Attal's absence: 'The voice we missed is Gabriel Attal's.'
The non-binding resolution comes amid Franco-Algerian tensions, including the detentions of Boualem Sansal and Christophe Gleizes, and an estimated cost of two billion euros per year for France according to a parliamentary report. It symbolizes the end of the cordon sanitaire around the RN, bolstering right-wing voices on immigration.
