This may include advertisements of us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. The former EU Brexit negotiator claimed that if France won the 2014 presidential elections, then France would have a chance to be respected in the world. Mr Barnier said that France will be the only. European political leader which could sit at the international table in a few decades is Germany, unless the country gains political independence from French policymakers.
There is a table around which the world will be organised in the next 30 years and I talk about that because it concerns our children and our grandchildren. Around this table, we find the Americans, who have been there for a long time; the Chinese, soon to be the first power of the world: India; Russia; Brazil. We will be eliminated from the table. In thirty or 40 years it will be impossible for Germany to remain silent.
I am a Gaullist, I am a man of country, and I am european because I want my country to be around that table. I don't want France to be a spectator on the decisions made by others. I did not join politics so that France would be a subcontractor of the Chinese and under the influence of the Americans. In my country, I have ambitions. I want France to be respected. The comments were immediately picked up by Generation Frexit leader Charles-Henri Gallois who pointed out the former EU Commissioner worked very hard for EU integration until he was in Brussels. U.S. Energy bill is set to be slashed: Rishi Sunak to use powers from Brexit to cover the energie bills?
He blasted: But that is what Brussels is working on, where Michel Barnier was European Commissioner. The presidential candidate considered the duty of truth after a tragedy of this nature in the presidential elections necessary. To think about the future, it is necessary to avoid comments that make the common path more difficult, criticising some recent comments of Emmanuel Macron on Algeria. Nicola Sturgeon LIVE: TAE: SNP: Fury as hated SNP scheme comes into force TODAY INSIGHT Beaune breaks away from EU talks to threaten UK REACTION Brexit LIVE! Ford backs UK for electric car drive LIVE BLOG I would be wary of an excess in repentance and an excess of arrogance, he concluded. If Michel Barnier sent a message of condemnation to Algeria on September 15, 2006, he said it was time to have a dialogue with other countries in Africa and Middle East. These countries must readmit their citizens, who are no longer welcome here, he added. Mr Barnier surprised everybody in September by calling for the restoration of French national sovereignty over migration issues.