nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20180706-155440-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 180706s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20180706-155440-0 doi eng 342 23 Boudou, Benjamin Author aut The Solidarity Offense in France: Egalité, Fraternité, Solidarité! Boudou, Benjamin Verfassungsblog 2018-07-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On July 6 2018, the French Constitutional Council ruled that the commonly called “delit de solidarité” or “solidarity offense” which criminalises any person who facilitates the irregular entry or stay of a foreigner in France is partially unconstitutional. Even if the legislator has to reconcile the constitutional principle of fraternity with the safeguarding of the public order, the former implies the “freedom to help others, for a humanitarian purpose, without considering the legality of their residence on the national territory”. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Conseil Constitutionnel fraternity irregular entry solidarity offense Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-solidarity-offense-in-france-egalite-fraternite-solidarite/ raw object