At the French border city of Menton, Bellamy said he opposes the EU Migration Pact because he has been witnessing the migration crisis in his country first-hand.
The French right-wing candidate Francois-Xavier Bellamy voiced his opposition to the recently-approved European Migration Pact less than two months before the EU elections.
“We are opposed to the majority of this asylum and migration pact, because we are here at a border where we can see the helplessness of our countries when it comes to the migration crisis,” the member of the centre-right European People’s Party said. “The asylum and migration pact does not allow us to provide a solution to better protect our borders.”
Bellamy announced his stance in the French city of Menton, which borders Italy. The city has become a flashpoint of the migration debate which has sparked multiple diplomatic rows between both countries.
According to French local authorities, 44,000 arrests were made in 2023 at this border crossing.
