He does not want to be seen as a "
moderate
", but rather to express himself with his "
tone
" and his "
method
".
Guest of the “RTL-Le Figaro-LCI Grand Jury”, the European Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier shared his “
ambition
” for France.
An ambition which notably involves the fight against insecurity, which he considers as "
the main failure of this five-year term
".
The member of the Republicans thus presented "
responses to the concerns of the French
", ranging from additional resources allocated to the police to more rigorous criminal responses.
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Above all, Michel Barnier surprised by advocating a moratorium on immigration for a period of three to five years, making it possible to "
take a step back
".
“
We must stop family reunification, review the procedures for granting a certain number of residence permits.
We must take the time to rebuild a national consensus
, ”developed the former minister.
"This is not the time for individual steps"
A strong position that immediately earned him suspicions of proximity to the candidate of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen.
Assuring to have "
no complacency with the theses
" of the leader of the party to the flame, the European negotiator asserted that he did not need to "
compare and outbid each other's programs.
. "
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Sketching himself the outline of a presidential program, one year from the final deadline, Michel Barnier did not want to clarify his intentions either. "
This is not the time for individual steps
," he repeated, urging his political family to put "
the talents around the table
" to make it "
a collective force
".
"
I have an immense ambition for our country
", declared Michel Barnier, however, in a context which he considers marked by "
new savagery
".
“
There is a risk of explosion because there are real big bills in our country, especially on the issue of immigration. (...) I do not want to be a spectator, I want to be an actor in the political debate of our country
”, he slipped, without failing to criticize the action of the government. "
I do not see the line
", he lambasted, notably targeting the referendum on ecology promised by Emmanuel Macron (see above). And to conclude: "
There is a form of precipitation, feverishness or uncertainty
."