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London mayor reacts to French threats over 'Brexit': 'Donnez-moi un break'
[LATIMES] The migrant crisis became a critical bargaining chip in the debate over Britannia’s future membership of the European Union...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... on Thursday, with La Belle France warning that a "Brexit" could bring immigration chaos to its neighbor’s shores. French President Francois Hollande ...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist... stated bluntly that there would be serious "consequences" for Britannia if the public votes in favor of leaving the 28-member bloc in a June referendum. Earlier in the day, French economy minister Emmanuel Macron went even further by saying a vote to leave the EU could mean La Belle France no longer allows British border police to operate in the port city of Calais. His comments stoked fears that this could potentially pave the way for thousands of "The day this relationship unravels, Downing Street officials said they had no prior knowledge of Macron’s speech, but the statement fell on deaf ears to "exit" campaigners and the words "stitch up" and "scaremongering" were quickly banded around. Posted by: Fred 2016-03-04 |
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