24.04.2024, TAZ
Crimes against humanity: lawsuit against ex-Frontex boss
The French human rights league LDH and the refugee aid organisation Utopia56 filed a lawsuit against the former Executive Director of the EU border protection agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, on Tuesday. They accuse him of aiding and abetting torture and crimes against humanity. Leggeri, who is running for third place on the list of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) in the upcoming election of MEPs, indignantly rejects these accusations as a ‘political manoeuvre’ and threatens to counter-sue for defamation. The accusations against the former head of Frontex are nothing new. However, they take on an additional explosive flavour in the domestic and European political context of the elections. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Frankreich, Europäische Union