The former head of the EU border protection agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, has joined the right-wing populist party Rassemblement National (RN) in France and is running in the EU elections. He resigned in 2022 due to human rights violations.
Leggeri said on Saturday that he was on the RN list for the European elections in June. The party has “a concrete plan and the capacity to implement it,” the 55-year-old told the Sunday newspaper “Journal du Dimanche”. His main concern is “fighting the flow of migration”.
Allegedly hidden pushbacks
Top official Leggeri headed Frontex from 2015 to April 2022. The reason for his resignation were reports of human rights violations at the EU’s external borders and investigations by the anti-fraud agency Olaf. Leggeri was accused of covering up so-called pushbacks by the Greek coast guard, the illegal rejection of asylum seekers.
“Only decide consistently”
“My goal is to put my experience and expertise at the service of the French,” Leggeri wrote about his candidacy for the European Parliament on the online service have worked “This decision only makes sense, especially in the areas of security and migration management,” he added.
Source: Krone
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