Enlargement of Europe: who is for, who is against?

Paris (AFP)

In the face of five countries formally candidates for integration into the European Union (Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey and Serbia), two countries (Kosovo and Bosnia) which are considering to be candidates and two others (Romania and Bulgaria) who would like to join the euro zone and the Schengen agreement, what is the position of French candidates to Europeans?

Manon Aubry (LFI): "We are not in favor of it as long as we are not able within the EU to achieve fiscal and social harmony."

Florian Philippot (Les Patriotes): "No, it's a madness, enlargement was already a folly in Eastern Europe, I'm the only one wanting no more European Union. We must cooperate with the whole world, you are completely frozen on the 1957 treaty. "

Yannick Jadot (EELV): "If for the Balkan countries, they respond to the European acquis, they can return, but Turkey is light years to be in the EU."

Raphael Glucksmann (PS / Place Publique): "No for Turkey and yes for the Balkans, we can not say no to Serbia, when Croatia is a member of the European Union (...)."

Ian Brossat (PCF): "I'm not in favor, a country like Serbia is a Smic at 234 euros (...) We will add competition to the competition."

Jean-Christophe Lagarde (UDI): "Turkey has nothing to do in the EU, all those who are in the Balkans, when they are ready, yes".

Nathalie Loiseau (LREM-MoDem): "No, Europe is not in a state, and these countries are not in a position to join it".

François-Xavier Bellamy (LR): "The answer is no, of course".

Benoît Hamon (Generations): "Europe is paralyzed, as long as we have no progress in terms of integration, it is illusory and dangerous to expand to other countries".

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (France): "No, we can not build something serious because we are in permanent fiscal and social dumping".

Jordan Bardella (RN): "I have too much friendship for the European peoples to advise them to join us in prison". "Turkey is not a European country".

? 2019 AFP