Bardella visits Poland border, calls for EU pushback legalization

France's likely next president Jordan Bardella visited Poland's border wall with Belarus on June 11, 2026, where he condemned Frontex for serving as a 'taxi service' for illegal migrants in the Mediterranean. He accused Russia and its proxy Belarus of exerting migratory pressure on Europe as part of a hybrid war. Bardella also called for the legalization of migrant pushbacks at the EU's external borders, reinforcing his hardline stance on immigration ahead of the French presidential election.