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French President Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron was born on December 21, 1977 in the city of Amiens. He is the youngest president of announced today a profound reform of the rules for the Schengen area of free movement in Europe, world agencies reported.
“I call for fundamental Schengen reform and more control,” Macron said on a trip to the Franco-Spanish border, where he visited the Le Pertus border crossing.
He said that he would make the first proposals in this direction to the European Council.
The French president also announced the creation of a true EU border police, which would be in charge of monitoring the external borders of the Schengen area.
The number of French security forces on the country’s borders will double. Instead of 2,400, 4,800 border police and customs agents will be stationed there, Macron said.
He clarified that the decision was made due to the growing threat after the recent attacks, including in Nice.
In France, 32 terrorist acts have been prevented in the last three months thanks to measures already taken. A bill has also been drafted and will be presented at a government meeting on December 9.
According to French and Italian authorities, the main suspect in the attack in Nice, a Tunisian, arrived in Italy by sea before heading to France shortly before the attack.
Macron commented today that it is too early to say with certainty about the details of this attack, but stressed that it is clear that terrorist attacks can be carried out by people using migration flows.
Terrorist networks have become even more globalized, the French president warned, emphasizing that Europe must step up its response, notes BTA.
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