“For Mr. Macron, immigration is not a problem, it is a project (…) I don’t want France or Europe to disappear.” Invited this Sunday to “BFM Politique”, the president of the National Group and head of the European list, Jordan Bardella, spoke about the situation in Lampedusa. 8,500 people arrived on this small Italian island in just three days earlier this month, testing the solidarity of the European Union.
“What is happening in Lampedusa (…) tomorrow will be the future of Europe if we do not take control of our immigration policy,” said the MEP.
When asked about the fact that immigration has increased since the historic victory of Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party a year ago, Jordan Bardella said he was “not their lawyer.”
“There are countries in Europe that control their immigration, like Mr. Orban’s Hungary,” continued the elected official, who demanded that Emmanuel Macron “organize a referendum on immigration on the day of the elections in the European Union, December 6. June 2024”.
While the immigration bill, several times postponed, must be discussed soon, Jordan Bardella calls for “making France impossible for illegal immigration.” “France has become a social window for the whole world. We must eliminate free care offered to illegal immigrants, land rights, organize asylum treatment in embassies,” he declared.
The Pope “does not think about the people of Europe”
A speech that occurs the day after the departure of Pope Francis from Marseille, after a two-day visit marked by immigration issues, in which the sovereign pontiff asked for solidarity. A position that Jordan Bardella refutes by stating that the Pope “does not think about the people of Europe who suffer the consequences of immigration.”
“He chooses to have a political speech, but my role is to remind him that when we ask for mass immigration, when we ask for the unconditional and unlimited opening of all our borders, we are responsible for the belief and the Eldorado that these the people of the continent have for themselves ”, he insisted.
Jordan Bardella said he is “a non-believer but respects those who have faith,” stating that Francis prefers “the wisdom of his predecessor Benedict XVI, who declared that states have the right to regulate migratory flows.”
Source: BFM TV
