Paris, May 17, 2016 (AFP) – Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview published Tuesday on the website of the World, that “the worst” for the European Union “would Brexit and the accession of Turkey,” and advocates a new treaty “which France must be initiated as early as summer 2017”.

“The worst would be the Brexit + + and the accession of Turkey would have made the grand slam of the error! But Brexit + + or not, it will, in all cases, deeply rebuild the European project, and it will pass by a treaty which France must be initiated by the summer of 2017, “said the former president of the Republic.

The issue of maintaining or not the United Kingdom within the bloc of 28 EU countries is subject to referendum June 23. “The debate on Brexit + + is an opportunity to rebuild Europe. I regret that Francois Hollande has not made any proposals upstream, “he told Mr Sarkozy, who also criticized the EU-Turkey agreement on refugees.

“To think that Turkey can sustainably manage and solve these problems is a mistake. Europe can she trust a Turkish power, which evolves more and more towards an authoritarian regime? I dispute it, “he said.

“It is not the fact of having + + hot spots in Turkey that I dispute in the agreement with that country, it is the abolition of visas, irresponsible in the current security climate, and the revival of negotiations membership, incomprehensible, given the evolution of the Turkish power over civil liberties, “insists the President of Republicans (LR).

“I will not criticize Merkel and German politics. But what shocked me is to see Merkel negotiating alone with the Turkish government. Where was Mr. Holland? Where is the voice of France? When Barack Obama came to Europe, he met the Chancellor in Germany, after stopping in the UK. Does France have disappeared from the diplomatic card? What a humiliation! “, Accused Mr. Sarkozy.