It is an extended hand directed by the French president to the British. Just before his first state visit to the United Kingdom from Brexit in 2016, Emmanuel Macron expressed his desire to see the Anglo -Saxon country approaching Europe and France, in the columns of Paris.
“This is an important moment for our Europe (…) The will expressed by the United Kingdom to approach the European Union is a strong sign,” he said.
Since Keir Starmer’s election as Prime Minister, the British State has eliminated strong ties with the EU. This is evidenced by the commercial agreement signed in May with Ursula von der Leyen, who puts Britain “back in the foreground”.
“Route of reconstance”
And in a context of Europe shaken by military conflicts (Ukraine) and commercial (customs taxes of US customs), Emmanuel Macron wants to take advantage of his trip to take solid ties.
And to achieve this objective, the Head of State must make a certain ads that mark the agreement between the two countries. “This will result in a series of advances in security and defense, the economic, the fight against immigration and cultural affairs.”
Therefore, the President of the Republic speaks of a “project” vector of “a lot of meaning” because “allows the non -members of the EU to re -involve in a collective.”
“Our responsibility today is to gather our family,” he said, wishing Europe and the United Kingdom take a “garment.”
“Many lies” of Brexit
In this interview, Emmanuel Macron also returned to Brexit and its consequences. If he does not question the “democratic” choice of “people”, he describes this decision as “jumping to the unknown”, fed by “many lies in a context in which false news has deeply altered the democratic debate.”
“We had explained to the British that they would make mass savings when they left Europe. It is not true. They more easily liquidate migration problems. It is not true either,” he added, ensuring that “this temptation of the great great did not make Great Britain happier or stronger.”
However, the President of the Republic remains lucid about the possibility of reintegration in the European Union: “It will be very difficult,” he said.
Emmanuel Macron was received today by King Carlos III and Queen Camilla in the Windsor Palace and declared a speech against the two cameras of Parliament in the Palais de Westminster. Your state visit must last two days.
Source: BFM TV
