Arnaud Teyssier, historian and president of the Scientific Council of the Charles de Gaulle Foundation: “It is time to make the link between the “migratory submersion” and the drift of public accounts”

In Le Figaro Magazine , Arnaud Teyssier, historian and president of the Scientific Council of the Charles de Gaulle Foundation, calls on the right to stop evading the link between mass immigration and the drift of public finances. He states: "For years, France has lost all ability to control mass immigration, essentially imposed, which has a direct impact on public services." He denounces a "sick society, ravaged by communitarianism" and regrets that the right, including the RN, denounces the "migratory submersion" without drawing any concrete budgetary consequences from it.

Teyssier criticizes the right for thinking about spending cuts within an ideological framework inherited from the left: a 35-hour working week, retirement at 60, costly decentralization, and a ban on debating immigration under penalty of being accused of "follow-the-leader." According to him, public spending is undermined by structural causes: an explosion in social transfers, poorly managed immigration, a decline in employment, and a state that has become a powerless "benefits counter."

He advocates for a strong sovereign state, refocused on its core missions (security, justice, health, education), and a deep, time-based reform based on a coherent and committed vision of society. "The French no longer want to fill the Danaïdes' barrel," he says, but they would be prepared to make efforts if long-term measures are implemented "with courage and energy."