After Germany and Labor Britain, also the France by Emmanuel Macron seems ready to copy the Meloni model on migrants: word of Bruno Retailleau. The new Transalpine Interior Minister has changed course compared to his predecessors and has made the management of flows a priority. To counter the invasion of asylum seekers – especially illegal ones – no option is excluded. The confirmation came from Retailleau itself in Luxembourg, where European ministers must discuss the proposal on return hubs, centers for transferring migrants outside the EU.
Paris “does not exclude any solution a priori” in reference to transfer of migrants to non-EU centresRetailleau explained to the microphones of the reporters present. The ideas are clear: we need to use “all innovative solutions” and the proposal on return hubs – sponsored above all by Italy and Hungary – is among these. With a clarification: according to the French Interior Minister, this measure cannot be applied to “asylum seekers” in France, in compliance with the “constitutional order”.
Regardless of the outcome of the Luxembourg discussion, there is a need to record the turning point of France on the migrant dossier. Nothing but exasperated do-goodism: no more uncontrolled landings. There will no longer be room for drama like that of Gerard Darmanin, ready to do anything – even insult – to challenge Rome on immigration. What matters are the results, the Retailleau line, which has not hidden its admiration towards the government led by Meloni.
As reported by Le Monde, Retailleau is ready to sign two laws to accompany a crackdown that provides for a reduction in immigration. The French minister wants to limit entries. The so-called migratory diplomacy is on the table, but also the Italian model: the spotlight is onexternalization of controls, thanks to agreements with the countries of origin and transit of migrants. Rome’s successful operation in Tunisia is emblematic, with the cooperation protocols that produced satisfactory results, to say the least. To accelerate, Retailleau would be ready to unveil a series of “convincing arguments” to propose to the governments of African countries, starting with a more open policy on visas, development aid and trade agreements. An understandable choice: the latest numbers on immigration in Italy did not leave much room for interpretation, all the indicators relating to migratory flows were in sharp decline.
We remember that Retailleau on the occasion of last week’s G7 in Campania had announced the creation of an Italian-French task force based in Ventimiglia, but not only. The politician from Cholet, former president of the Regional Council of the Pays de la Loire, had evoked the possibility of an alliance in Europe which could include, in addition to Rome and Paris, also Berlin, to correct the European directive on returns so as to facilitate expulsions. Furthermore, Retailleau had requested regular reporting to confirm “the increase in expulsions and the decrease in regularisations”. In short, everyone follows the Italian example: who gives the bad news to our comrades?
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