EU must STOP INTRUDING in our business, says French PM as Hollande meets Le Pen on Brexit
THE European Union must stop being nit-picky and intrusive, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said today as the bloc scrambled to handle the aftermath of Britain’s vote to leave.
By EMILY FOX
Express.co.uk
Sun, Jun 26, 2016
The Brexit vote to leave the EU has deepened fears among mainstream politicians across Europe about the rise of eurosceptic, anti-establishment parties, particularly in France, where the far-right National Front is increasingly popular.
That concern has also prompted mainstream French politicians on the left and right to call for an overhaul of Europe, in a country where surveys show disillusionment with Brussels is growing.
“We must put an end to this sad and finicky Europe. Too often it is intrusive on details and desperately absent on what’s essential,” Valls said.
“We must break away from the dogma of ever more Europe. Europe must act not by principle but when it is useful and pertinent.”
It came as Francois Hollande met with Far-right leader Marine Le Pen at the Elysée Palace yesterday in a sign of how the far-right leader has taken centre stage in France in the wake of Britain’s vote.
While a large majority of French are attached to EU membership, polls over the past few years have consistently shown a majority also want Europe to have fewer powers, said Francois Miquet-Marty, head of the Viavoice polling institute.
Only one on five voters want “more Europe”, Miquet-Marty said.
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