damp and desperate in calais today. vowed to tear up an agreement where france prevents thousands of migrants making their way to dover each year. he has talked too about luring banks and businesses from the city of london this side of the channel. but domestic discontent, not brexit, will be mt macron‘s main focus. it is what drew one in three voters to marine le pen, his far right rival. she's popular here in the pool halls of calais where unemployed youngsters wile frustrated days away. in struggling towns like this, there is little faith in elite educated metropolitans emmanuel macron. young people vote for marine le pen because they can't find anyjobs. the unemployment rate is sky—high here in calais unfortunately. translation: there are no jobs and too many migrants. daniel said almost 60% of calais thudded marine le pen and maybe next time the whole country will be ready. this evening in paris, there were small but demonstrations against emmanuel macron caused some organised by the trade unions. as a centrist pol

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the french passports, thatis from calais.he french passports, that is checked in the united kingdom, and britain's checked at france. that would have implications for lorry drivers, susceptible to people jumping on the vehicles. the isaid people jumping on the vehicles. the i said that is in question. but we have both looked at the paper. we cannot see the quotations. theresa may was asked about it, she said it was of mutual benefit to both parties. inevitably, this is going to bea parties. inevitably, this is going to be a bone of contention, because you have got such strong feelings, particularly from lorry drivers. but also the french public, because they blame a lot of people, the united kingdom's fault. it could be easy, for macron to signal that france should come ahead of everybody else. steal clothes from the national front. move the border to dover! manchester? london? one of the finest minds! it is a bilateral agreement. it has got no standing, it sort of... works. what do the french get out of this? not a lot, as f

the french passports, thatis from calais.the united kingdom, and britain's checked at france. that would have implications for lorry drivers, susceptible to people jumping on the vehicles. the isaid people jumping on the vehicles. the i said that is in question. but we have both looked at the paper. we cannot see the quotations. theresa may was asked about it, she said it was of mutual benefit to both parties. inevitably, this is going to bea parties. inevitably, this is going to be a bone of contention, because you have got such strong feelings, particularly from lorry drivers. but also the french public,

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, haveit want to do it for you in calais, have it back in dover.t's why i'm surprised the french election hasn't made the front of the daily mail! there you are, said it. hello daily mail. maybe they will their minds. i'm sure that there will be discussions quite quickly about that. let's see. it's one thing when you are campaigning, it's another when you have the office of president, and what they do decide on that, because that would change things a great deal for people coming into the uk. but then a great deal will change in the coming two yea rs deal will change in the coming two years for the united kingdom and for europeans coming possibly, depending on what the powers that be decide in the brexit steel and the status of eu citizens and that equally of brits in the eu. and he needs some mps behind him. he has, elections will happen next month. at present en marche, his party, doesn't have a single member. so he's got to get some. presumably he'll be able to translate some of his momentum into a large numberof translate some of his momentum i

damp and desperate in calais today. after brexit, mr.acron has vowed to tear up an agreement on thousands of migrants making the ir way to dover each year. he has talked of luring banks and businesses from the city of london this side of the channel. domestic discontent will be his main focus. it is what drew voters to marine le pen, his far right presidential rival. she is popular here in the pool halls of calais, where unemployed youngsters wile frustrated days away. in towns like this, there is little faith in elite educated metropolitan emmanuel macron. marineg people voted for le pen because they can't find any jobs did unemployment rate is sky high here, unfortunately. andrter: "there are no jobs too many migrants," he told us. maybe next time the whole country will be ready." there were small but he did demonstrations against emmanuel macron, some organized by the trade unions. as the centrist politician, he faces opposition left and right, and only weeks away from crucial parliamentary elections. tim: let's get the latest live fr

. most frightening part was being in thejungle in calais.ve to address this by offering the kinds of protection services that the children require. we have solutions that involved detaining children. they will go under the radar. when we have solutions were boarders are being blocked and children are being pushed back with police beatings and so on, they will not get what they came from services. —— where borders. it requires a different kind of approach which will give children what is in their best interests. we have seen a similar situation in greece. many people from the us are watching. how would you describe the situation at the moment? the situation at the moment? the situation has changed a bit. the numbers have gone down if you compare it to the previous two yea rs. compare it to the previous two years. but overall, it is still very high. | years. but overall, it is still very high. i think it is a similar situation. children who are desperate to move. they take very dangerous routes. they put their lives in the hands of smugglers.

he also mentioned he wanted to revise the accord that regulates the border in calais.sitive subject, you know. ithink he calais. this is a very sensitive subject, you know. i think he wants to revise it. the british french relationship going forward now he's in the palace? would be tough, but not so much to punish the uk but to serve france's interest. this is how it goes in negotiation. his also a pragmatic deal— maker. he it goes in negotiation. his also a pragmatic deal—maker. he was an investment banker at rothschild for four years, he's got this talent in reaching compromise. it might not be that bad after all. there might be some sticky moments. he will be going to berlin to meet angela merkel tomorrow, what signal does it send out? he's doing the same as previous french presidents, first trip abroad go to germany, to show the importance of the franco german relationship in europe. this time round we can assume it's really genuine, it's really authentic. he wants to reboot the franco german relationship. i think he's really keen to reform france. he wants to refo

we have welcomed a number of people from the calais jungle.and afghanistan. we are working on thinking of a better way to welcome these people and to face the economic, social and political challenges that raises. immigration has become a central issue in the election campaign. it divides opinion. i don't know whether we need more immigrants, but we have room for many more. there are too many immigrants. it would be great for the country to have more immigrants. life is not always easy for emigrates. teaching a group of people to speak french, they arrived in the country decades ago. now retired, many live in poverty and struggled to cope —— immigrants. life is not easy, they have been here for 50 years, and now they are just trying to survive. whoever wins the election will have to face the question of what to do at that future migration, and also the social and economic questions raised by past generations of foreign workers. in other news: italy's troubled flagship airline alitalia has gone into administration after the italian government f

damp and desperate in calais today.r macron has vowed to tear up an agreement where france prevents thousands of migrants making their way to dover each year. and he's talked of luring banks and businesses from the city of london this side of the channel. at a campaign event in london today, the prime minister said mr macron‘s brexit ambitions must be matched. he was elected with a strong mandate, which gives him a strong position in the negotiations. in the uk, we need to ensure we have an equally strong mandate, and an equally strong negotiating position. but domestic discontent, not brexit, will be mr macron‘s main focus. this was a trade union demonstration earlier today. macron was foisted on us by banks, lobbies and the eu elite, she says. he doesn't represent much of france. as a centrist politician, emmanuel macron faces opposition left and right, only weeks away from a crucial parliamentary election. a lot of people are asking whether france is truly a divided nation. after all, mr macron took 66% of the vote.

passengers travelling on eurotunnel‘s folkestone to calais line are facing disruption tonight due toshuttles. eurotunnel says trains are running, but there are delays of around two and a half hours. passengers are being urged to check in as normal while the problem is fixed. eurotunnel says that it's focused on reducing the delays as quickly as possible. the headlines on bbc news: a 25—year—old man has been arrested, as armed police stage a further raid as part of inquiries into the manchester arena bomb attack. the conservatives and labour promise more action to minimise the threat of terror attacks in the wake of the manchester bombing. british airways passengers face further disruption as the company warns of delays and cancellations — following a global computer failure that saw all flights cancelled yesterday. and now the sport with a full round—up. ferrari's sebastian vettel has won the monaco grand prix while lewis hamilton finished in seventh place, after starting in 13th on the grid. vettel extended his world championship lead over hamilton to 25 points with the win. while j

day who made a long change is journey who said the most frightening part was being in the jungle in calaisad to rely on them. it is not an easy one. i think we need to address this by offering the kind of protection services that children require. when we have solutions that involved detaining children, they will go under the radar. when we have solutions where borders are blocked and children are pushed back and police beatings and things like that then children will not seek the support that they could get from services. many people watching from the united states. how would you describe the situation there at the moment? they are not getting the kind of support that you would want your own children to have. when you hear these stories, they are heartbreaking. as i said, they require a different approach and a concerted effort. it is not something that is just concerning one country such as the united states. the children who are pushed back at the border now, they are still somewhere, they are deported and then other borders, on the southern border, these are still children who need ass

damp and desperate in calais today.on has vowed to tear up an agreement where france prevents thousands of migrants making their way to dover each year. and he's talked of luring banks and businesses from the city of london this side of the channel. at a campaign event in london today, the prime minister said mr macron‘s brexit ambitions must be matched. he was elected with a strong mandate, which gives him a strong position in the negotiations. in the uk, we need to ensure we have an equally strong mandate, and an equally strong negotiating position. but domestic discontent, not brexit, will be mr macron‘s main focus. this was a trade union demonstration earlier today. macron was foisted on us by banks, lobbies and the eu elite, she says. he doesn't represent much of france. as a centrist politician, emmanuel macron faces opposition left and right. 0nly weeks away from a crucial parliamentary election. despite all the lively celebrations we saw last night, when emmanuel macron greeted his supporters after the result wa

calais resident, mathieu. >> ( translated ): we end up with two candidates from the oligarchy, there you are. i am happy with neither of them. neither of them have an interesting program for tomorrow's world. >> ( translated ): i voted le pen because macron, we don't know where he is coming from, and france will have serious problems if he gets at the helm. >> it wasn't easy for me to vote for mr. macron because he represents a kind of financial elite that i don't recognize myself in so it wasn't easy >> sreenivasan: joining me now from paris, outside jubilant macron headquarters, is" newshour weekend" special correspondent malcolm brabant. malcolm, how much of a victory was this for him as we heard from people at the polls here? some say it wasn't a vote for him, it was a vote against the opposition. >> well, this is -- if you look at the numbers, it looks like a really substantial victory. 65 versus 35%. but the real numbers that actually voted for macron it is not that big. he cannot really regard this as being a complete mandate, a popular mandate because there were so many peopl

of the le touquet agreement, this is the deal under which british immigration checks take place in calaisgreement, it's a bilateral one. but it will play into the brexit debate and the prime minister has been talking about it this morning. and as for the le touquet agreement, actually it works for both the benefit of the uk and france. and obviously in the government that is elected after the 8th ofjune we will be sitting down talking to mr macron and others about how that system has worked. so, plenty of challenges ahead but it is also worth bearing in mind the election of mr macron will increase the confidence of eu insiders, especially when you consider what the alternative could have been, however unlikely, a president who would have been fundamentally anti—eu and would have plunged the whole project into chaos. now, we have heard a lot here about the need for strong and stable government. it could be that a stronger and more stable eu will be a better negotiating partner for the uk in the months to come. theresa may has said that leaving the european union will help the uk achieve a

passengers travelling on the eurotunnel folkestone to calais line are facing disruption because of technicalfaultshuttles. eurotunnel says trains are running but there are delays of around two and a half hours and passengers are being told to check in as normal while the problem is being fixed. you wrote on or is focusing on reducing the delays as quickly as possible —— eurotunnel is focusing. and now to the election campaign. the home secretary, amber rudd, says the conservatives will set up a commission to tackle terrorism and hate crime, and promote british values, if they win the general election. labour say they will put 10,000 police on the streets and match a conservative pledge of an extra thousand security experts. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. in the aftermath of such an atrocity, inevitable questions about how to stop something like this happening again. the actions of this man, salman abedi, forced a pause in the election campaign. now preventing others like him is part of the debate. the home secretary said today the government had, for the first time, used powers t

says mr macron wants to make some changes, including ending the current border agreement between calais the uk. that's a summary of the main stories. newsday is coming up at midnight — now it's time for newsnight. cheering. tough on marine le pen, so can he now be tough on the causes of marine le pen? here in france, they have a fresh start, but a lot of stale old problems to solve. much hope rests on president macron succeeding in reform where previous presidents have failed. it's the last bullet of the pro—globalisation forces. if it succeeds, both anti—system voting will decrease, the xenophobic one, marine le pen, and the alter—globalisation one, mr melenchon. but if it doesn't succeed, then the question will only be which anti—system voting will overthrow the system. and i hearfrom this former socialist candidate for president where this leaves the left. and does that mean the centre now back in vogue? what does macron‘s success mean for political movements outside france? in particular, what are the lessons for the british labour party? and we'rejoined by the poet, kate tempest. c

damp and desperate in calais today.ed to tear up an agreement where france prevents thousands of migrants making their way to dover each year. and he's talked too of luring banks and businesses from the city of london this side of the channel. at a campaign event in london today, the prime minister said mr macron's brexit ambitions must be matched. he was elected with a strong mandate, which he can take as a strong position in the negotiations. in the uk, we need to ensure we have an equally strong mandate, and an equally strong negotiating position. but domestic discontent, not brexit, will be mr macron's main focus. this was a trade union demonstration earlier today. "macron was foisted on us by banks, lobbies and the eu elite," this woman said. "he doesn't represent much of france." as a centrist politician, emmanuel macron faces opposition left and right, only weeks away from a crucial parliamentary election. katya adler, bbc news, paris. we'll be getting the latest from paris this evening from my colleague christia

it is reporting that its services on the folkestone to calais shuttle have been disrupted because ofing and they say they are focusing on reducing delays as quickly as possible. as you can see... ignore the half at the end of that, that is one of two pages. you can see most of the key information. there are no actual cancellations at this stage but that is coming from eurotunnel. that is on their twitter feed. just to say, and there is a bit more information, fun twitter feed, and this is a good way of checking —— from the twitter feed. they are saying this because of some technicalfaults on some they are saying this because of some technical faults on some shuttles and they are trying to do with delays and they also say to check in as normal field of delays and they also say to check in as normalfield of departures delays and they also say to check in as normal field of departures so you don't miss your train even if it is delayed —— as normalfor your departure. security has been the dominant issue for all the parties since the terrorist attack in manchester on monday. the plaid cym

of the le touquet agreement, this is the deal under which british immigration checks take place in calaisit's a bilateral one. but it will play into the brexit debate and the prime minister has been talking about it this morning. and as for the le touquet agreement, actually it works for both the benefit of the uk and france. and obviously in the government that is elected after the 8th ofjune we will be sitting down talking to mr macron and others about how that system has worked. so, plenty of challenges ahead but it is also worth bearing in mind the election of mr macron will increase the confidence of eu insiders, especially when you consider what the alternative could have been, however unlikely, a president who would have been fundamentally anti—eu and would have plunged the whole project into chaos. now, we have heard a lot here about the need for strong and stable government. it could be that a stronger and more stable eu will be a better negotiating partner for the uk in the months to come. chris morris. we will have more from paris later but for now it is back to you in london.

of the le touquet agreement, this is the deal under which british immigration checks take place in calaise brexit debate and the prime minister has been talking about it this morning. and as for the le touquet agreement, actually it works for both the benefit of the uk and france. and obviously in the government that is elected after the 8th ofjune we will be sitting down talking to mr macron and others about how that system has worked. so, plenty of challenges ahead but it is also worth bearing in mind the election of mr macron will increase the confidence of eu insiders, especially when you consider what the alternative could have been, however unlikely, a president who would have been fundamentally anti—eu and would have plunged the whole project into chaos. now, we have heard a lot here about the need for strong and stable government. it could be that a stronger and more stable eu will be a better negotiating partner for the uk in the months to come. with me to discuss the implications for france, europe, and of course britain, is sylive bermann, france's ambassador to the uk. good to