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In Britain, Jordan Bardella accuses Emmanuel Macron of failing to protect France

From Le Figaro · () French

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  • Jordan Bardella accused Emmanuel Macron of failing to protect France from immigration during a speech at the Reform UK party conference in Birmingham.
  • Bardella called for France and Britain to take back control of their borders and said a future government would prevent France from becoming a gateway for illegal immigration to the United Kingdom.
  • He and Nigel Farage signed an agreement under which Britain could return to France people intercepted aboard boats in British territorial waters.

Jordan Bardella took his familiar attack on Emmanuel Macron across the English Channel on Friday, telling Reform UK supporters in Birmingham that the French president had “failed to protect France” from immigration.

The greatest challenge is the one we all know: taking back control of immigration. In recent years, Emmanuel Macron has failed to protect our country. For him, mass immigration is not a problem, it is a project.

· Jordan BardellaBardella criticized Macron during his speech at the Reform UK congress in Birmingham.

Speaking in English for 20 minutes at the party’s congress, the president of France’s National Rally said the biggest challenge was to “take back control of immigration.” He accused Macron of treating mass immigration not as a problem, but as a political project.

Bardella invoked Napoleon and Charles de Gaulle and borrowed Reform UK’s slogan, “take back control.” He said France needed to regain control of immigration and that France and Britain should work together to reclaim control of their borders.

Take back control

· Jordan BardellaBardella used Reform UK’s slogan while calling for stronger control over immigration and borders.

Bardella, who could seek the prime minister’s office if Marine Le Pen wins next spring’s presidential election, promised that his government would do everything in its power to ensure France no longer served as a gateway for illegal immigration into Britain. He then signed a “memorandum of understanding” with Nigel Farage on the same stage.

France has failed to protect France

· Jordan BardellaBardella repeated his accusation that Macron had failed to protect France from immigration.

Farage said the agreement would allow British authorities to return to France people arrested aboard boats intercepted in British territorial waters. He said this would prevent people who had entered France intending to reach Britain from making the journey. Reform UK was facing pressure after a television investigation showed one of Farage’s close associates offering to circumvent the law to secure a foreign donation. Bardella dismissed the report as potentially a smokescreen and said it would not undermine the cooperation being built with Farage while he awaited both sides’ accounts.

It looks like a smokescreen, as there are in all democracies against patriotic parties. I am waiting to hear the versions of both sides before commenting. No, this is not likely to undermine the cooperation we are building with Nigel.

· Jordan BardellaHe responded to allegations involving a close associate of Nigel Farage.
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Originally published by Le Figaro in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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