In a long article published in Le FigaroSunday May 5, Édouard Balladur made several proposals for France which is “victim of economic, social, cultural, diplomatic, (and) military downgrading”, according to him, but also for Europe. The former Prime Minister of François Mitterrand, notably called for a halt to the enlargement of the European Union (EU), even for Ukraine, attacked by Russia, which still has the status of candidate to enter the ‘institution. According to Édouard Balladur, this would be an “error” since the EU “has neither the financial nor the military means. »
On the French side, the former Prime Minister called on the country to “regain our national sovereignty in matters of immigration control”because “the very future of France depends on it”he explains. “Each year we record immigration of nearly 500,000 people who, for various legal reasons, cannot be forced to return to their country of origin”he continued, pleading so that the “French people (be) alone in having the necessary legitimacy to decide what their Constitution should be, and who should be authorized to enter their soil”. And to add: “This is why a referendum must be organized to modify article 11 of the Constitution. »
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France, like other countries, must therefore regain their place within the European Union, according to Édouard Balladur: “The institutions of Europe must leave no room for federalism which would involve majority voting replacing unanimous voting. » In November 2023, a resolution of the European Parliament proposed modifying the treaties to generalize the qualified majority rule. In mid-April, fifty personalities called for a referendum to be organized on “the federalist turn of the screw” of the European Union, which would involve the sovereignty of France. A position shared by the former Prime Minister.
