The former French minister, European commissioner, and national and European parliamentarian, who has been center stage throughout the 18 months of Brexit negotiations with London, published an opinion piece outlining his priorities for the bloc in 2019.
The English-language article comes days after Barnier discussed his vision for Europe in a piece for Le Monde.
While German conservative Manfred Weber is the candidate for European Commission president of Barnier's European People's Party, the French politician's persistent speechmaking and tweeting on European topics have done nothing to quash rumors that he is interested in another EU top job after Brexit negotiations conclude. [...]
Barnier took a centrist path on migration: "Our response cannot be based on fears and myths, but nor can we ignore national debates and identities," he wrote. "In addition to consolidating the EU’s Frontex border-management system and creating common hotspots at our external borders and beyond, we must also harmonize national-level migration and asylum policies as much as possible," he added.
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