Highlights: Fabrice Leggeri, former director of the EU agency responsible for border control, announced in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche that he was joining the National Rally list. He will appear in 3rd place on Jordan Bardella's list during the elections scheduled for next June. He was regularly accused by NGOs of tolerating illegal pushbacks of migrants and he had established himself as a defender of the impermeability of European borders. His objective in this election is to “ put his experience and expertise at the service of the French ”

Fabrice Leggeri, former director of the EU agency responsible for border control, announced in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche that he was joining the National Rally list for the elections…

France: the former head of the Frontex agency joins the far right for the European elections

Fabrice Leggeri, former director of the EU agency responsible for border control, announced in an interview with the

Journal du Dimanche

that he was joining the National Rally list for the European elections. He will appear in 3rd place on Jordan Bardella's list during the elections scheduled for next June.

Fabrice Leggeri, at Frontex headquarters in Warsaw in November 2021. AFP - JANEK SKARZYNSKI

By: RFI Follow

A strong rally for the National Rally: senior civil servant, enarque and normalien, Fabrice Leggeri held the leadership of Frontex from 2015 to 2022, before resigning. He was regularly accused by NGOs of tolerating illegal pushbacks of migrants and he had established himself as a defender of the impermeability of European borders.

His objective in this election is to “

put his experience and expertise at the service of the French

”. A decision that he considers consistent with his career. Before heading Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri worked for the state, notably in the areas of security and immigration management, before resigning from the EU agency responsible for border control in 2022.

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A big catch for the RN

Targeted by a non-public report from the European Anti-Fraud Office, he was accused of “

not having respected procedures, of having demonstrated disloyalty towards the European Union

” and of being responsible of “

bad personal management

”. Accusations for which neither the European Parliament nor the board of directors of

Frontex

have found concrete proof, affirms Fabrice Leggeri in the

JDD.

Well ahead in the polls for the

European elections

with 30% of the votes, or 10 points ahead of the list of the presidential majority which still does not have a head of list, the National Rally makes a big gain with this announcement which gives the party a little more credibility.

France: the former head of the Frontex agency joins the far right for the European elections

France: the former head of the Frontex agency joins the far right for the European elections

A big catch for the RN

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