VIDEO. Immigration, war in Ukraine, Brexit… Find the interview of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on France 2

“Since I became Prime Minister, it has been a great pleasure to know Emmanuel”assured Rishi Sunak, Friday, March 10. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom answered questions from Laurent Delahousse in the afternoon and the interview was broadcast in the 20 Heures de France 2 newspaper. After the tensions with Boris Johnson or Liz Struss, the coming to power of Rishi Sunak has calmed relations between France and the United Kingdom. “We have built a partnership, it’s solid”said the head of the British government on France 2.

>> Franco-British summit: what to remember from the meeting between Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Immigration, war in Ukraine, Brexit, Franco-British relationship… During this interview Rishi Sunak swept aside the subjects he discussed with Emmanuel Macron a little earlier at the Elysée Palace during the Franco-British summit, the first between France and the United Kingdom since 2018. “There were 45,000 Channel crossings last year, this is an illustration of a wider challenge which does not only concern the United Kingdom and France”, said Rishi Sunak promising to work “closely” on the subject with Paris.

Another subject: the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “We want Ukraine to win the war and I know President Emmanuel Macron thinks the same,” said Rishi Sunak. France will also train soldiers, announced the British Prime Minister. Asked about any regret over Brexit, he spoke again of illegal immigration. The interview ended on rugby, as France and England face offent Saturday in the Six Nations Tournament.