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chiefjens stoltenberg has been discussing the importance of nato s strength and for europe sticking together and remaining strong. we also heard from the ukrainian foreign secretary, talking about the importance of military aid to ukraine. so there isjens stoltenberg walking in there. let s have a listen to what he said earlier. to nato, the united states has more friends and more allies than any other major power. i don t believe in america alone. just as i don t believe in europe alone. i believe in america and europe together in naito. i believe in america and europe together in nato. that was jens stoltenberg speaking aefrlier. earlier. you can see the live scenes in brussels, where he is continuing to meet other foreign representatives there. the british foreign secretary lord cameron has said he s working to get ukraine and nato into the best possible shape by november, ahead of the us election. speaking to the lucy hockings and vitaly shevchenko for bbc s ukraine ....
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 an ....
every member state is free to decide on its own. and this is our political line. what we don t want, that the european commission decides on behalf of member states. and this is exactly what s going to happen. but with respect, france hasjust signed a migration pact alongside all the other members of the eu. that s signed and sealed. it s too late for you to stop that. yeah. but what is extremely interesting is that two days after this pact on asylum and migration was adopted, 15 member states sent a letter. so, ministers, 15 ministers sent a letter to the european commission asking, in fact, to focus now on combating illegal migration upstream, so before migrants arrive in europe, and especially with the proposal that the people in need of international protection, so let s say refugees or asylum seekers, should be allowed to lodge an asylum application in consulates abroad. so meaning, and this is exactly what my political party proposes, that people in need of intern ....
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 commiss ....
He left the argyll coast on on sunday morning, but when he was finally rescued, on monday evening, he was halfway between Northern Ireland and scotland, and Farfrom The Beach near campbeltown where hed gone for a days surfing in blustery conditions. This picture, taken that morning, shows how challenging the waves would have been for surfers. Hed been surfing and when he attempted to recover to shore, we believe he suffered from some cramp and was unable to make his way against the tide. The current which flows through the North Channel into the atlantic from the irish sea is very strong. You know, that would have had an impact on how far hed been drifted out. The big waves around both scotland and Northern Ireland can carry big risks, but they attract many su ....