Marine Le Pen, January 29, 2021 in Paris.

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AFP

Marine Le Pen no longer plans to suspend the Schengen free movement agreements but is considering authorizing, in this area made up of 26 European countries, only “European nationals”, which remain to be defined.

“It is obvious that today, given the composition of the European Union and its functioning, it is quite difficult to envisage obtaining unanimity (of votes) on the ability to recover all of the control of our borders ”, affirmed the president of the National assembly, during a press conference, confirming information of the

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Reflections and "European spirit"

"But we can very well decide together at least to limit the most negative effects of this free movement of people," added the candidate for the Elysee, who has already given up, since her failure in the 2017 presidential election, to leave France of the EU (Frexit).

“The proposal I am making (…) is to reflect on what this free movement, within the framework of a European spirit, to which we are attached moreover, only applies to nationals of the countries of the 'EU,' she said.

The Schengen area includes 22 EU countries and four associated non-EU countries.

Free movement in the Schengen area would not be authorized for "those who have a residence permit in such and such a country of the EU" or for "illegals" or "those who have applied for asylum" or "Obtained an asylum application".

Change of posture

As a result, "each country must control its migration policy", she argued.

“If Germany decides to give a million migrants permission to stay in Germany, they should only be allowed to stay in Germany.

"Marine Le Pen underlined that for this" it will obviously be necessary to determine who is national of a country of the European Union and who obviously is not ".

The far-right leader has so far defended the suspension of the Schengen agreements, including during her campaign in 2017. "Let's be serious, suspend Schengen", she had tweeted again on November 5, when Emmanuel Macron announced the doubling of the police force at the borders and pleading to re-found Schengen.

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