‘It’s non-negotiable’: French MPs angry at move to restrict citizenship on Mayotte

Far right says measure should be adopted across France but critics say change breaches fundamental constitutional rights

• France unveils plan to curtail right to French citizenship in Indian Ocean island of Mayotte

Emmanuel Macron has been accused of walking a dangerous legal and political tightrope with a proposal to restrict access to French nationality for people born on the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte to immigrant parents.

The far right has welcomed the move, which critics say breaches fundamental constitutional rights, and insisted it should be applied to the whole of France.