French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated his scepticism about so-called innovative ways of tackling illegal immigration on Monday 6 January in a speech to French ambassadors. He had already expressed his doubts at the October European Council (see EUROPE B13506A1).
“Let me be clear, I sometimes hear about innovative approaches in Europe. I will be very cautious about these approaches, which often do not comply with our own European law or the agreements we have made with ourselves”,...