French PM - The EU will COLLAPSE if Germany and France do not begin to listen to people's concerns on immigration and Islamist terrorism

Manuel Valls said Europe was 'in danger of falling apart' and the two countries needed to work harder to stimulate growth and employment.  

Valls said the two countries, for decades the axis around which the EU revolved, had to help refocus the bloc to tackle an immigration crisis, a lack of solidarity between member states, Britain's looming exit, and terrorism.

 'Europe is in danger of falling apart,' Valls said at an event organised by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. 'So Germany and France have a huge responsibility.

He said France must continue to open up its economy, not least by cutting corporate taxation, while Germany and the EU as a whole must increase investment that would stimulate growth and job creation, as well as boosting defence.

As Britain seeks to negotiate its post-Brexit relationship with the EU, hoping to restrict immigration from the EU while maintaining as much access as possible to the EU single market, Valls said it must be prevented from cherry-picking.

'If they are able to have all the advantages of Europe without the inconveniences, then we are opening a window for others to leave the European Union,' Valls said.

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