France Moves to Limit Free Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants Amid Fiscal Crisis

In a critical moment exposing the fractures within European governance, the French government is advancing two draft decrees aimed at restricting the State Medical Aid (AME) that currently grants undocumented immigrants access to a wide range of free healthcare services. This policy pivot, unveiled by Prime Minister François Bayrou, is being justified as a necessary fiscal adjustment amid soaring public debt. Bayrou’s framing that "it’s common sense" to expect undocumented immigrants to shoulder some burden mirrors the frustration felt by many sovereign nations including our own, where unchecked immigration strains public resources and undermines economic stability. As Washington debates border...