Pierre Méhaignerie (born 4 May 1939) is a French politician. He is a former deputy of the Ille-et-Vilaine's 5th constituency and the former mayor of Vitré (re-elected in March 2008).
⭐ In the context of French nationality law, the 1993 Méhaignerie Law primarily impacted the process for acquiring citizenship by which group?
The Méhaignerie Law specifically introduced a requirement for children born in France to foreign parents to actively request French nationality during a defined period, altering the previous automatic granting of citizenship at majority.
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HINT: The Méhaignerie Law specifically introduced a requirement for children born in France to foreign parents to actively request French nationality during a defined period, altering the previous automatic granting of citizenship at majority.
👉 Pierre Méhaignerie in the context of French nationality law
French nationality law is historically based on the principles of jus soli (Latin for "right of soil") and jus sanguinis, (Latin for "right of blood") according to Ernest Renan's definition, in opposition to the German definition of nationality, jus sanguinis, formalised by Johann Gottlieb Fichte.
The 1993 Méhaignerie Law, which was part of a broader immigration control agenda to restrict access to French nationality and increase the focus on jus sanguinis as the nationality determinant for children born in France, required children born in France of foreign parents to request French nationality between age 16 and age 21, rather than being automatically accorded citizenship at majority. This "manifestation of will" requirement was subsequently abrogated by the Guigou Law of 1998, but children born in France of foreign parents remain foreign until obtaining legal majority.