Former Frontex boss to stand as French far-right candidate in European elections
Senior French civil servant Fabrice Leggeri, who was executive director of the European Union’s border policing agency, Frontex, from 2015 to 2022, has announced he will stand as a candidate for France’s far-right, anti-immigration Rassemblement National (RN) party in this year’s European Parliament elections. Leggeri was forced to resign his post as Frontex boss amid leaked investigations that would confirm the agency he oversaw was involved in, and covered up, the dangerous practice of pushbacks of migrant boats in EU waters, in blatant violation of human rights. In an interview published at the weekend, he said he and the RN are “determined to combat the migratory submersion” which he claimed the European Commission promotes. Youmni Kezzouf and Camille Polloni report.
AA former head of the European Union’s border control agency, Frontex, has announced that he will stand as a lead candidate for France’s far-right Rassemblement National party, the former Front National, in this year’s European Parliament elections.
