He told the Financial Times that a so-called Brexit would scupper an agreement between the two countries that allows Britain to conduct border controls on the French side of the border.
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The deputy managing director of Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK, Tony Walker, also told reporters that a decision to leave the European Union would probably push up costs for Toyota in Britain and could raise questions about future investment decisions.
Tusk said on Thursday he wants to end the illegal sea transit of migrants from Turkey to Greece, after meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens.
“This will be the most advanced of it kind in Europe”, Cameron told a joint news conference, saying the project would create significant numbers of jobs in both countries.
“In an ever-more uncertain world, we gain from our membership of these worldwide organizations”, he added. Xavier Bertrand, the recently re-elected president of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region, has repeatedly said the Le Touquet agreement would be torn up if Britain left the EU. “You go out, try to fingerprint, you go in, try to fingerprint, the prison is like that”, he said.
Local government official Vincent Berton said France was focused on finding a better solution for the migrants and refugees, particularly the children.
“But this is a choice for the British people, not for the French government, and actually we’re being asked to believe all sorts of ludicrous things”.
Grassroots Out spokesman and former shadow home secretary David Davis described Mr Macron’s comment as ” more like bluster than a real threat ” .
David Cameron is to unveil a £1.5billion Anglo-French scheme to build the next generation of killer drones as he says staying in the European Union gives us “greater security” .
France has offered to house displaced migrants in nearby heated shipping containers or send them to temporary welcome centers so they can consider applying for asylum in France.
“I am afraid that this looks like a stitch-up between the British Prime Minister and the French president”, the Tory rebel said.
The French finance minister has warned the United Kingdom that 4,000 refugees stranded in Calais could soon be granted access to Britain.
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Ultimately, Davis’s claim that in Macros “Project Fear has a new recruit” is not completely without basis.
