Battling stomach cancer, the former mayor of Lyon gave an opinion noticed and commented on the episode of the Ocean Viking. “Beyond the emotion on the fate of people, the reception in France of the Viking Ocean marks a turning point in the immigration policy in France. When in 2018 the creation of a hot spot in Toulon I opposed it with all my might and resigned (from the Ministry of the Interior, editor’s note)”he said on Friday.
Gérard Collomb gave a layer of it in an interview given to Point. “By now welcoming the Ocean Viking, we are opening a new breach, creating a precedent. For me, this can only encourage the networks of smugglers for whom migrants are a source of considerable earnings”continued the one who is confined to a role of elected opposition to the City and to the Metropolis now.
For Gérard Collomb, France is about to join Italy, Malta or Greece in the club of “country of first entries” migrants passing through the Mediterranean.
“If I had spoken before the presidential election, my intervention could have reversed the result of this election, and Marine Le Pen being elected. That is why I kept silent”he even dares.
Gerard Collomb is credited with the anticipatory vision of the Yellow Vests movement when he left Beauvau. Is he also far-sighted on the migration issue?
On the far right, these remarks caused a reaction.
“Gérard Collomb, a socialist, is aware. François Hollande, who speaks of “partition”, is aware. All French people are aware. It will be more and more difficult for those in power and the media to make people believe that denouncing the migratory invasion is ‘extreme right'”tweeted Eric Zemmour (Reconquest!).
“Gérard Collomb’s confessions are weighty: they confirm that our leaders know the dangers of migratory submersion (terrorism, insecurity, loss of identity), but deliberately choose to pursue it. For them, immigration is not not a problem, it’s a project”also commented Jordan Bardella (RN).