The situation in Gaza, the Gazan student accused of advocating terrorism, the return of Boualem Bensaïd to Algeria and customs duties... Jean-Noël Barrot's 8:30 a.m. news

Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, was a guest on "8h30 franceinfo" on Friday, August 1.

Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, was a guest on "8h30 franceinfo" on Friday, August 1. He addressed the situation in Gaza, the Gazan student accused of condoning terrorism, Boualem Bensaïd's return to Algeria, and customs duties. He answered questions from Aurélie Herbemont.

"There is not a minute to lose," declared Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, as France was to drop 40 tons of aid starting Friday, August 1. We must face an "intolerable situation." "We must flood the Gaza Strip with water, food, and medicine," he called.

The Gazan student accused of anti-Semitic remarks, whose registration at Sciences Po Lille was canceled on Wednesday, "must leave the country," declared the Minister of Foreign Affairs. "No evacuation of any kind will take place until we have drawn the consequences of this investigation," added the head of French diplomacy. France will therefore no longer accept evacuated Gazans into its territory until "light is shed" on this affair. Jean-Noël Barrot also announced that "all the profiles who entered France will be subject to a new check following the flaws in the security screening (...) which led this young woman, who has no place in France, to find herself on national territory."

Jean-Noël Barrot "strongly hopes" for Boualem Bensaïd 's return to Algeria, "it is an obligation incumbent on the Algerian authorities under the rules that govern our relationship," the Foreign Minister affirmed. Algerian Boualem Bensaïd, one of the perpetrators of the 1995 attacks in France, is likely to be released on Friday, but he is still waiting for a consular pass from Algeria, according to information from franceinfo. "Algeria would show its sense of responsibility by taking back its national," believes the head of French diplomacy. Except that relations between Paris and Algiers are "at a standstill ," deplores Jean-Noël Barrot, "since a few months ago, the Algerian authorities took the very brutal decision to expel twelve French agents stationed in Algeria."

"We are not going to stop there," promised Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on franceinfo. He called for a "rebalancing" of the agreement sealed Sunday between the European Union and the United States, which notably provides for a 15% increase in customs duties on European exports. "We have expressed our red lines very clearly, red lines that have been respected," affirmed the Foreign Minister. He cites the "preservation of some of our essential economic and commercial interests and in particular the aeronautics industry which is at zero (exempt from tax), zero concessions on sensitive agricultural sectors, zero concessions on our standards and our health and digital rules."