Sarkozy: End Schengen

“Europe is not meant to organize social and migratory dumping, almost systematically at the expense of France,” said former French president Nicolas Sarkozy as he called for the end of Europe’s visa-free Schengen area and the creation of a Franco-German economic bloc at the heart of the eurozone. As France prepares to vote in European Union-wide elections on Sunday, Sarkozy said in an opinion piece in Le Point magazine that “Schengen I must be immediately suspended and be replaced by a Schengen II of which member countries can only be a part if they previously agree to the same immigration policy.” Europe’s migration policy has failed and the need to replace Schengen I has become obvious, he added.

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