French president says UK ‘wavers’ on partnership after Priti Patel blames EU’s Schengen system for problem
Downing Street has sought to play down disagreements with France over the arrival of migrants in small boats across the Channel after Emmanuel Macron said the British government tended to “waver between partnership and provocation”.
The French president’s comments came as Priti Patel, the British home secretary, said the “real problem” for migration towards the UK was the European Union’s Schengen system of open borders.
