Photo: AFPAFP/The Local · 21 Oct 2016, 08:37Published: 21 Oct 2016 08:37 GMT+02:00Alain Juppé the current favourite to be elected the next president has made it clear it's time to shift the UK border in Calais back across the English Channel. France's former prime minister and presidential favourite Alain Juppe has called for the UK border to be shifted across the Channel from Calais, in an interview published on Thursday. "So the first thing is to denounce the Le Touquet accords," he added, referring to the 2003 agreement which extends the UK border to Calais' ferry ports. Juppe, 71, said "of course" the border should be moved back to the UK in spite of British opposition. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault in June warned against dismantling the Le Touquet agreement, saying it could prompt people to try to cross the Channel.

Source: The Local October 21, 2016 06:45 UTC