French candidate Alain Juppé: Move UK border from France to Britain

[SueEllen]

Time to retake Calais then.

No thanks.

Otherwise we will end up fighting with France as well as Spain over small bits of land.

Also the people of Calais have a right to self-determination they need to be asked if they wish to stay French.

[Paddy]

Time to retake Calais then.

[adubya]

Or am I wrong?

Almost certainly.

[original PM]

No doubt this is popular with the French voters. And no doubt the UK will have no complaints as the UK border in France is removed. Or am I wrong?





source: Alain Juppé: Move UK border from France to Britain - CNN.com

That's fine obviously the French will not let anyone without a valid passport in and people need money to get on a ferry.

And obviously they would not allow any one to fly to another country from their country without the right paperwork

So if they commit to that yeah sounds like a good deal.

[darmstadt]

Haven't seen any mention about the poor Gibraltarians recently either, have they been Paellassimilated yet?

[scooterscot]

No doubt this is popular with the French voters. And no doubt the UK will have no complaints as the UK border in France is removed. Or am I wrong?

(CNN)A leading French presidential candidate says he will move his country's border with Britain to the UK, amid concerns about the backlog of British-bound illegal migrants on French soil.

Alain Juppé, a center-right former prime minister who is considered a frontrunner in next year's elections, told journalists that he is seeking a renegotiation of the 2003 Le Touquet accord, which, because it allows England to check passports in France, in effect situates the border to Britain on French territory.
French presidential candidate Alain Juppe
French presidential candidate Alain Juppe
The policy has resulted in thousands of migrants converging on the controversial "Jungle" migrant camp outside the French port of Calais, as they attempt to smuggle themselves across the Channel.
"We can't tolerate what is going on in Calais, the image is disastrous for our country and there are also extremely serious economic and security consequences for the people of Calais," Juppé said, in a Paris interview with The Guardian and a number of European newspapers.
"The first thing is to denounce the Le Touquet accords. We cannot accept making the selection on French territory of people that Britain does or doesn't want. It's up to Britain to do that job," he said.

source: Alain Juppé: Move UK border from France to Britain - CNN.com