Michel Barnier, who hopes to wear the colors of the right in the presidential election in April 2022, defended the European project on Sunday by pleading for a “
pooling of nations
”.
"
If you want a word which, for me, sums up or expresses what I think of the European project, it is a mutualisation of nations
", affirmed on
CNews,
Europe1
and
Les Echos
the former negotiator of the EU for the Brexit.
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According to him, there are “
challenges and threats that weigh on our society that we cannot face alone
” such as global warming, terrorism or global finance, he added. And "
there is a table around which the order or disorder of the world will be organized in the next 30 years
", where "
the Americans, the Chinese, India, Russia and Brazil are seated
" but the risk is that "
we are going to be eliminated from this table
". "
In 30 or 40 years, there will perhaps be only Germany, and more, and I do not want France to be a spectator of the decisions taken by others
", he said. he warned.
After the resounding decision of the Polish Constitutional Court challenging the primacy of European law, he asserted that “
the Poles have accepted to enter the EU, they have accepted the treaties.
17 years later they say, we can no longer recognize these treaties, that's a problem
”.
"Reconciliation requires that we are two"
Asked about Brexit and the fishing crisis with the British, he warned: "
if they no longer want to respect their agreement, there will be sanctions
" and "
maybe the global agreement will fall
", which would entail “
re-establishing customs tariffs and quotas
”.
Sixty years after the massacre of Algerians on October 17, 1961, he considered that "
we have a duty of truth after a tragedy of this nature which is not excusable
", the day after Emmanuel Macron's recognition of "
crimes inexcusable committed that night under the authority of Maurice Papon
”.
But during the Algerian war "
there were victims on both sides
" and "
I would not give in repentance
" and "
reconciliation requires that we be two
", added Michel Barnier.
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Finally asked about the risk of LR erasure, he said that "
yes, there is a risk, which is paradoxical, because our political family is the one whose project corresponds to what the French want
" and that "
we have the most activists and local elected officials
”.
