Former EU Brexit negotiator announces plan to stand as right-wing candidate against Emmanuel Macron
The EU’s former chief negotiator on Brexit, Michel Barnier, plans to stand as a right-wing candidate against Emmanuel Macron in next year’s French presidential elections, saying that limiting immigration would be a key policy pledge.
“In these grave times, I have taken the decision and have the determination to stand … and be the president of a France that is reconciled, to respect the French and have France respected,” he told the evening news show of TF1 television in a live interview.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/26/michel-barnier-to-run-in-french-presidential-election
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