{"id":28971,"date":"2026-09-09T17:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=28971"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:30:29","slug":"reform-uk-bardella-migrant-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/politics\/reform-uk-bardella-migrant-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Reform UK has announced that it has endorsed Bardella\u2019s migration deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">Reform UK has stated that the memorandum with the French party National Rally on the return of migrants across the English Channel was agreed by its president, Jordan Bardella, and his presidential team. The agreement, which Bardella signed with Nigel Farage, has drawn criticism in France: opponents believe it could place an obligation on the country to accept people intercepted by the British side.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reform UK has stated that it fully endorses the memorandum issued by the leadership of the National Rally.<\/li>\n<li>Both texts provide for the interception of boats by Britain and the return of the people to their countries of origin.<\/li>\n<li>The English version contains an additional provision concerning the admission of people by France.<\/li>\n<li>The National Rally described the document as a declaration of intent, which is still to be finalised.<\/li>\n<li>French politicians have accused Bardella of making concessions to the British side.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The English text contains a separate provision concerning France<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Farage<\/strong> \u0456 <strong>Bardella<\/strong> signed a document, described as a memorandum of understanding, on stage in Birmingham. The French and English versions state that the UK will intercept boats that have set sail from the French coast, whilst France will return the people on board to their countries of origin.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the English text contains an additional phrase: France \u00abwill normally receive these individuals\u00bb before they return home. It was precisely this provision that gave the impression that Bardella had agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/franciya-mozhe-vidmovitisya-vid-ugodi\/\">France\u2019s admission of people<\/a>, whom Britain will return across the English Channel. The French media also questioned whether the translation accurately conveyed the document\u2019s meaning.<\/p>\n<h2>Reform UK and the National Rally describe the status of the agreement in different ways<\/h2>\n<p>A spokesperson for Reform UK stated that the relevant provision is included in both language versions, and that the parties \u00abfully support\u00bb the agreement. According to him, it has been endorsed by both Bardella and the National Rally\u2019s presidential team.<\/p>\n<p>The National Rally itself told France TV that this was merely a declaration of intent, the details of which are to be clarified at a later date. Speaking in Italy, Bardella said that his party\u2019s government would tighten border controls in order to reduce the number of people reaching the UK.<\/p>\n<h2>The agreement diverges from Marine Le Pen\u2019s previous stance<\/h2>\n<p>A possible obligation to accept people returned from the UK runs counter to Marine Le Pen\u2019s long-standing position. In 2021, she proposed amending border agreements so that people arriving by boat would be returned directly to their countries of origin, rather than to France.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by France TV about the new memorandum, Le Pen declined to comment immediately, promising to speak on the matter later. Until the summer, Bardella had been seen as a possible replacement for Le Pen in next spring\u2019s presidential election, but he is now set to stand as her future prime minister.<\/p>\n<h2>French opponents described the signing as a concession to the British side<\/h2>\n<p>The Minister for European Affairs, Benjamin Haddad, described Bardella\u2019s actions as \u00absubordination\u00bb, which runs counter to France\u2019s interests and sovereignty. MP Sasha Ulier, former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, as well as \u00c9douard Philippe and Xavier Bertrand, criticised the leader of the National Rally for his inability to defend French interests.<\/p>\n<p>Bertrand stated that the agreement turns France into \u00abBritain\u2019s subcontractor\u00bb when it comes to returning people to their countries of origin. Chris Philp, the Conservative Party\u2019s shadow home secretary, described the agreement between Reform UK and Bardella as a \u00abfarce\u00bb and criticised it for lacking details that would stand up to practical scrutiny.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reform UK claims that Bardella and the leadership of the National Rally have agreed on a memorandum regarding the return of migrants across the English Channel.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433404,"featured_media":28970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"Reform UK \u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0434\u0436\u0443\u0454, \u0449\u043e \u0411\u0430\u0440\u0434\u0435\u043b\u043b\u0430 \u0439 \u043a\u0435\u0440\u0456\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0442\u0432\u043e National Rally \u043f\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043c\u0435\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0443\u043c \u043f\u0440\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043c\u0456\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0456\u0432 \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u041b\u0430-\u041c\u0430\u043d\u0448.","rank_math_title":"\u0423\u0433\u043e\u0434\u0430 Reform UK \u0456 \u0411\u0430\u0440\u0434\u0435\u043b\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u043c\u0456\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0456\u0432 \u0456\u0437 \u0424\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0446\u0456\u0457","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Reform UK","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805617],"tags":[806756],"class_list":["post-28971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-806756"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28987,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28971\/revisions\/28987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}