While the migratory situation is still as tense on the border between Belarus and Poland, Thierry Mariani estimated this Wednesday morning on France 2 that this crisis was "
unfortunately predictable
".
“
A year ago, the European Union decided to apply sanctions to overthrow the regime of Mr. Loukachenko
(President of Belarus, editor's note)
.
(...) We had to expect a response
”, judges the MEP of the National Rally.
According to him, this situation is therefore a "
consequence of the sanctions decided by the European Union
", as he specified a few days ago in a tweet.
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According to the elected representative of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, if we “
must not bow
” to Belarusian blackmail, we must however “
dialogue to find a solution
”.
And if it is important to "
save the migrants
", there is no question of "
integrating
" them into the European Union.
“
The borders of Poland are also the borders of France
”, he considers, adding that it is necessary to “
help
” Poland to build a wall to “
protect itself
”.
"Stop being the doggies of the Americans"
On Monday, Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed this crisis with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
"
Even if there was no convergence of analysis on the origin of the current crisis, the Russian president told Emmanuel Macron that he understands the need to put an end to it, in the first place out of human respect for migrants thus instrumentalised
”, then indicated the French presidency.
An interview which the Elysee hopes will bring results in the coming days.
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A dialogue that goes in the direction of what Thierry Mariani pleads.
Pitted against the policy of the European Union, the MEP considers that “
we must stop being the doggies of the Americans
”.
According to him, the interest of Europe is not to be “
totally aligned with American policy
”.
“
I am attached to a Gaullian policy that keeps us at an equal distance between the United States and Russia.
We are throwing the Russians into the arms of the Chinese and it is a big mistake,
”he warns.