Why Agustin Galiana, from "Clem", wants to obtain French nationality

INTERVIEW

At 42, will Agustin Galiana become French in the coming months?

The Spanish actor, made famous by the

series 

, on TF1, has in any case shared on Europe 1 his wish to apply for French nationality.

"I want it, because I live here and I pay my taxes here," he confides at the microphone of Europe 1, Saturday afternoon.

"I want to decide something in this country."

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With Isabelle Morizet, in 

, Agustin Galiana tells of his attachment to France, "such a beautiful country": "Somewhere, I feel that I am half French. People may think I'm crazy… There is a Spanish journalist who works in the south of France and who said to me 'you did something that I haven't done here in France yet: you found your French personality being Spanish '. Me, I find that very pretty, because it is true. Me, I found my place here. "

"My country rejected me"

"It is France which made me legitimate", continues the actor.

"It was France that allowed me to become who I am today, to become the professional that I am today, to learn a language that has allowed me to earn my living, to live. France and Paris gave me a lot of things that made me feel good. " 

However, this desire to become a French citizen does not correspond to a "betrayal" vis-à-vis Spain, because the actor will have "both nationalities" once the naturalization process is completed.

But it looks like a page turning for the native of Alicante, six years after arriving in France without speaking a word of our language: "People, perhaps, do not understand the situation I went through in Spain, but I felt that my country rejected me. I did not leave. They exiled me, it's different. "

In an interview with 

, the actor said that no producer had called him from 2010 to 2014, after seven years on Spanish TV.