Marine Le Pen called on Monday the European Union to " threaten " with " sanctions " the Turkish President and Emmanuel Macron to " restore our borders ", facing the " act of war " according to her from Ankara which allowed an influx of migrants at the Greek borders.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected Monday in Brussels where he must address the migration issue as tens of thousands of migrants try to cross the border between Turkey and Greece. He announced on February 29 that he would cease to respect a March 2016 agreement providing for migrants to remain in Turkey, in exchange for European financial aid in Ankara.
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Monday in Brussels " we will have to be firm towards him, tell him that forcing migrants, in a violent manner, to try to cross a border of a European country is unacceptable, we must threaten it and implement sanctions if necessary, "and" let European countries send men to help the Greeks hold their borders, "said the president of the National Rally on RTL.
She criticized the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, who is " saying that what is needed is to pay the Turks again, still give roughly 500 million to the Turks who are in carrying out what normally amounts to an act of war ”.
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" We cannot behave in this way completely submissive towards Turkey (...) If the European Commission is definitely unable to protect European countries, European leaders must protect themselves ", a- she insisted, " asking Emmanuel Macron immediately to recall our ambassador, to send the Turkish ambassador back to Turkey " and " above all " to " put our borders back in place ".
A European source told AFP on Thursday that the European Commission is preparing new additional aid of 500 million euros for Syrian refugees in Turkey and several other measures to ease tensions with Ankara.
