French right pushes confrontational agenda in parliament

• The Republican Right plans to use its single annual parliamentary slot to advance 10 hardline proposals.
• Measures range from banning headscarves for minors to tougher migration and security policies.

France’s Republican Right party is preparing a sharply confrontational legislative push after unveiling a package of proposals it plans to table during its allotted parliamentary window early next year, according to Le Figaro.

The newspaper reported that the group, led by Laurent Wauquiez, has selected 10 draft bills to be debated during its one-day “parliamentary niche” at the National Assembly on January 22, 2026. Each political group is granted only one such day per year to set the agenda, a mechanism the party intends to use to press its core ideological positions on the state, security, and national identity.

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Identity, migration, and religion

Among the most controversial proposals is a call to add the Muslim Brotherhood to the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations. Party figures argue the group seeks to establish a parallel society incompatible with France’s secular principles and gender equality, a claim long debated within political and academic circles.

The agenda also includes a proposal to bar undocumented migrants from accessing emergency accommodation, particularly hotel housing funded over long periods. The party argues this system places an unjustified burden on public finances.

On social issues, the Republican Right plans to introduce a bill banning the wearing of headscarves by minors in public spaces. The proposal would place legal responsibility on parents to prevent it, a move the party frames as a defense of civic values and child protection, but which critics are likely to view as discriminatory.

Law, order, and social policy

Other measures would suspend social benefits for individuals convicted of violence during demonstrations and allow authorities to seize welfare payments to recover unpaid fines. The party says this would reinforce personal accountability.

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On the economic front, proposals include the exceptional release of employee profit-sharing and incentive funds in 2026, allowing work in certain sectors on Labor Day, and measures aimed at reducing administrative bodies and improving transparency in state operations.

In the security sphere, the party seeks to strengthen legal protections for police by establishing a presumption of self-defense when officers are acting in the line of duty, while formally maintaining judicial oversight.

Le Figaro described the package as a deliberate attempt to force debate on politically sensitive issues, signaling a broader strategy by the Republican Right to reassert itself through a tough, identity-driven legislative agenda.