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Philippe vows to scrap Touquet treaty if UK won't pay.
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Édouard Philippe, Macron's former prime minister, is a candidate in next year's French presidential election. He stated in Zuydcoote, near Dunkirk, that he would terminate the Touquet treaty if Britain does not cover the entire expense of policing the Channel. Philippe called it 'absurd' that Britain gives asylum or residency to almost two-thirds of small-boat migrants.
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