The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier claims that Emmanuel Macron, by ignoring warnings about migration, has driven France to the brink of its own ‘Frexit’ moment. The Mail has more.
Mr. Barnier warned in his memoir that other countries could leave the European Union if lessons were not learned from Brexit.
After leaving his role as the chief Brexit negotiator, he gave a copy of the memoir to the French President, but three years later Mr. Barnier believes Macron has not listened to his warning.
Mr. Barnier told the Sunday Telegraph: “I regret that in my country that this warning has not been listened to… about migration, security, authority of the state and the respect and development of the poorest parts of the country.”
He added: “The first chapter was written precisely in the spirit of what could happen in [France].
“It is my conviction that we have to pay huge conviction and great respect to what people on the ground think in some very poor regions.
“That was the case in the U.K., and I think it could be the same in France.”
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