Macron backs sanctions on EU states that refuse migrants

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Agency June 24, 2018
Macron backs sanctions on EU states that refuse migrants

PARIS –French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he backed introducing financial sanctions against EU countries which refuse to accept migrants. 


"We can not have countries that benefit hugely from EU solidarity and claim national self-interest when it comes to the issue of migrants," he said at a press conference in Paris alongside Spain's new Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. 
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