Former Frontex boss Leggeri is running for Rassemblement National in the European elections. He is now in third place on the French right-wing populist party Rassemblements National's list for the European election.
Before his resignation there were repeated allegations against him. Among other things, Fr ontex units are said to have stopped refugee boats in the Aegean and handed over asylum seekers to the Greek coast guard. Research by SPIEGEL, Lighthouse Reports and the French newspaper Le Monde revealed that Leggeri covered up these Greek pushbacks.