After Brexit: Frexit, warns Barnier
Macron told to learn lessons of Brexit ‘or France will follow’
'France could quit the EU if President Macron leaves it “too late” to learn the lessons from Brexit, Michel Barnier warned today.
The comments from the former Brexit negotiator, 70, who is pushing to take a leading role on the French right, come as Marine Le Pen leads in opinion polls ahead of elections next year.
“We could draw some lessons from Brexit for ourselves. It’s now too late for the UK but not for us,”'
'“We can find, not just in the UK, but here in France, in the northern and eastern regions . . . citizens who want to leave the EU,” he said after leaving his role in Brussels last month.
“They say the EU did not respond to legitimate desires of citizens, there is social unrest or anger, one might say, because there’s no protection of external borders, some people say, immigration flows are impacting us . . . and Europe is also often criticised for its red tape and complexity.”'
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/m...llow-pw5cgm0fd
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...-presidential/
Widely-reported if you've no access to The Times or The Telegraph.
This in The Spectator is interesting too:
France’s growing German scepticism
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...man-scepticism