France UK EU, Warns Of Brexit

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Migrants, EU referendum, come to fore at France-UK summit - Surprise surprise, they don't want us to leave the EU. But former Tory Chancellor Lord Lamont announced he was backing the "Out" campaign and said Mr Cameron's "Project Fear" had now become "Project Comic Horror". "When it comes to terrorism, when it comes to security, when it comes to our borders, we are better off, we are stronger inside a reformed EU", Cameron said.

France could end British border controls in Calais and allow thousands of refugees to cross the Channel in the event of a Brexit, a minister has said. Around 4,000 migrants and refugees are now living in a camp known as the "Jungle" in Calais, with more in Dunkirk, all trying to reach England. On Monday, there were clashes as French demolition teams dismantled huts in the Jungle. His remarks fly in the face of those made recently by French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve who said: "Calling for the border with the English to be opened is not a responsible solution". He claimed an exit from the European Union would leave the country vulnerable to terror attacks and that migrant camps would spring up across the South East. "It obviously won't put in question the historical relations between France and the United Kingdom - our friendship - but there will be consequences especially in the way we handle the situations that we just mentioned in terms of immigration". (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon). French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron leaving the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. What are the arrangements with France? The squalid refugee camp where thousands of migrants live in Calais has been at the centre of rising political tensions and escalating violence.

Britain has already devoted 60 million euros to boost security at the entrance and around the Channel Tunnel to abort eventual attempts to get into Britain. Xavier Bertrand, president of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region, has repeatedly said the Le Touquet agreement would be torn up if Britain left the EU. How is the UK-France border policed? In an echo of Mr Cameron's 2012 offer to "roll out the red carpet" to businessmen fleeing high-tax France, Mr Macron told the FT: "If I were to reason like those who roll out red carpets, I would say we might have some repatriations from the City of London". He will point to countries like Norway which are outside the European Union, but still pay annual bills and accept the free movement of people as the price for access to the single market. Over the past few weeks, the rhetoric on Calais here has grown louder and more strident. Mr Desir, the Europe minister, did not go quite so far. Hundreds of people sleep in the streets, exposed to bitterly cold temperatures and afraid of police harassment. The two countries will spend £1.5bn developing the next generation of drones, in a sign of closer co-operation over security and defence.