Brexit view from France, Macron: This departure is a shock that should make us reflect

the PARIS - "it Is a sad day. This departure is a shock that should make us reflect." So Emmanuel Macron discuss the Brexit in a solemn message on tv to the French. "For the first time in seventy years a country leaves the european Union," says the French president, explaining that he "respect the choice of the british people" but remembering also "the lies and exaggerations," popular during the campaign for the referendum to be held in 2016.

Macron argues that the Brexit should push the european partners to reform the Eu to face the challenges of global warming, technological, commercial and immigration. The French leader reiterated that want to "defend Eu interests" in the new negotiations to be opened with London.

If Macron speaks of "shock", the leader sovranista Marine Le Pen that three and a half years ago he had exulted for Brexit, it now appears much more difficult. The Pen has only made a tweet on the historic divorce, stressing that there has not been the dreaded "apocalypse" in the United Kingdom. A few other reactions in his party. The young Jordan Bardella , vice-president of the Rassemblement National, he's going to say that the Brexit is a "slap" to the Eu, but immediately explains that the solution is to strengthen "the coordination between nations, changing the treaties".

in Short, no tone trionfalista also because Le Pen has understood that the hypothesis of a Frexit scares many French and held back the votes to his party. After the defeat at the presidential elections in 2017, the leader sovranista it is separated from its right arm, frexiter, Florian Philippot , and has radically changed the discourse: now says he wants to stay in the Eu but to "transform it".

To be concerned about is the governor of the region to the north of the country, where is the border between the Eu and the United Kingdom. the Xavier Bertrand , a member of the moderate right, launches an appeal in favour of a compromise, in particular, on the traffic of goods. Bretrand fears that an increase in the number of checks at customs, with the risk of causing monstrous traffic jams and damage to the local economic activity.

For now, the border does not change anything, waiting to understand what will be the agreement that the government of London will end up with the Brussels. In the port of Calais, which is only 33 kilometres from Dover - the border is already reinforced for years, with walls and high fences that should prevent the illegal immigration. On the basis of bilateral agreements the United Kingdom appalta to the French customs administration, the management of migrants. The government of London has allocated more than 150 million euro to strengthen surveillance, build walls and tall fences.

Also in the community of british residents in France (about 150 thousand people) there is apprehension. In theory, by 2021, at the end of the transition period, must have a permit and it is not clear how they will be able to access the public health and social security rights. A first effect of Brexit is the record of questions to get the French nationality among the british public: from 386 in 2015, it is passed to 3173 in 2018 and 2320 in the first half of 2019.

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