Manon Fossat 8:33 a.m., January 17, 2022, modified at 8:41 a.m., January 17, 2022

On Europe Matin on Monday, presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse returned to the state of immigration in Europe.

After her visit to Greece on Saturday, she notably assured that she does not want "a fortress Europe" but not "a supermarket Europe" either.

Valérie Pécresse visited the Samos migrant camp in Greece on Saturday, seeing in the impeccable containers and secure fences an "example" of the policy of "humanity" and "firmness" that she advocates on immigration.

Invited to Europe Matin on Monday, the LR candidate for the presidential election assured that she does not want "a fortress Europe" but not "a supermarket Europe" either.

"No great powers without borders"

"The priority is that the border countries, which are on the front line and are the subject of hybrid attacks, have closed registration and sorting centers", she assured before detailing.

"In reality they are not closed. The migrants who are welcomed there can come and go in the city and come back at night, but on the other hand when they are refused their residence permit then the camp closes and it becomes a detention center and they have to go home."

>> Find the interview every morning at 8:13 a.m. on Europe 1 as well as in replay and podcast here

Valérie Pécresse assured it, she does not want "a fully fenced fortress Europe" but also not "a supermarket Europe where we go in and out without being controlled".

"There are no great powers without borders. And there are no borders without doors," she continued.

"There are 600 million people entering and leaving the European Union each year, 20% of whom are never checked. There are 1,900 authorized crossing points to enter Europe and the idea is that the borders land can be protected by fences and walls to avoid the 'Europe sieve' effect.