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
police in tenerife confirm that the search for missing british teenagerjay slater has been called off after nearly two weeks. england s game against slovakia in the knockout stages of the euros has just kicked off in germany. whoever wins that match will play switzerland, who ve caused a major upset by knocking out the defending champions, italy, 2 0 in berlin. these are live pictures of fans gathering in london. these arejust some of the scenes of fans gathering in many places across london. this is north west london somewhere. in wembley where they are waiting, the game has kicked off. we are going to bring you a sense of the excitement and reaction from fans and other places across the country as well later. that is a glimpse of the atmosphere. a reform uk candidate has disowned the party and endorsed the local conservative candidate instead. the candidate said it is significant moral issue in parts of the party following what he called reports of widespread racism and sex
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