personal political choice. you were a french bureaucrat, then you went to brussels to run an eu agency, then you decided to enter partisan politics not very long ago, and you joined the national rally party. what was it about marine le pen s party that attracted you? well, in fact, as the former executive director of frontex, the european border and coastguard agency, i realised that at some point brussels and especially the european commission didn t want to properly control the external borders of the european union, so we had to face and we still have to face massive illegal immigration flows. and what i realised that, officially, my mandate, my mission was officially to create a european corps of border and coastguard with uniforms and weapons to support european member states, to support them in protecting the external borders against illegal migration but also criminality. and the european commissioner at that time, madamejohansson, in charge of migration and just
fabrice leggeri. fabrice leggeri in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for the invitation. it s great to have you on the show. let s start with your own personal political choice. you were a french bureaucrat, then you went to brussels to run an eu agency, then you decided to enter partisan politics not very long ago, and you joined the national rally party. what was it about marine le pen s party that attracted you? well, in fact, as the former executive director of frontex, the european border and coastguard agency, i realised that at some point brussels and especially the european commission didn t want to properly control the external borders of the european union, so we had to face and we still have to face massive illegal immigration flows. and what i realised that, officially, my mandate, my mission was officially to create a european corps of border and coastguard with uniforms and weapons to support european member states, to support them in protecting the e
it s great to have you on the show. let s start with your own personal political choice. you were a french bureaucrat, then you went to brussels to run an eu agency, then you decided to enter partisan politics not very long ago, and you joined the national rally party. what was it about marine le pen s party that attracted you? well, in fact, as the former executive director of frontex, the european border and coastguard agency, i realised that at some point brussels and especially the european commission didn t want to properly control the external borders of the european union, so we had to face and we still have to face massive illegal immigration flows. and what i realised that, officially, my mandate, my mission was officially to create a european corps of border and coastguard with uniforms and weapons to support european member states, to support them in protecting the external borders against illegal migration but also criminality. and the european commissioner
Ive been talking to many of those who make the dangerous journey, often from countries such as gambia, nigeria, and from Eastern Parts of africa. These are young men who often head out into the unknown across africa, who arrive in libya, which is currently in the civil war. From there they set off on a dangerous journey into the unknown, where they get rescued and they arrive in these tiny, cut off, isolated towns after they get rescued in italy. Italy is not coping with this crisis. The italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni described it as unbearable, and in the last few days there has been a conference in tunis between african and european ministers, and also italy has said in the last few days that it may shut its ports to rescue boats. Also, italy has threatened to actually give migrants who are in limbo in these southern towns in italy and sicily visas to head north. In retaliation, austria has said they may send a battalion of troops to the italian border, to stop the influx of
Ive been talking to many of those who make the dangerous journey, often from countries such as gambia, nigeria, and from Eastern Parts of africa. These are young men who often head out into the unknown across africa, who arrive in libya, which is currently in the civil war. From there they set off on a dangerous journey into the unknown, where they get rescued and they arrive in these tiny, cut off, isolated towns after they get rescued in italy. Italy is not coping with this crisis. The italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni described it as unbearable, and in the last few days there has been a conference in tunis between african and european ministers, and also italy has said in the last few days that it may shut its ports to rescue boats. Also, italy has threatened to actually give migrants who are in limbo in these southern towns in italy and sicily visas to head north. In retaliation, austria has said they may send a battalion of troops to the italian border, to stop the influx of