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Col. Jacques Baud on a working dialogue: France has lost control of its borders - and it is paying the price at home. The former Swiss strategic intelligence officer says decades of uncontrolled immigration have created a parallel economy - the cigarette and drug trade - while the country looks away. On top of that, he argues, Paris has no clear strategy on education or defense, yet continues to pour money into Ukraine and other foreign conflicts. "France always chooses the wrong side," Bode says. Watch the full interview.

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Col. Jacques Baud on a working dialogue: France has lost control of its borders - and it is paying the price at home. The former Swiss strategic intelligence officer says decades of uncontrolled immigration have created a parallel economy - the cigarette and drug trade - while the country looks away. On top of that, he argues, Paris has no clear strategy on education or defense, yet continues to pour money into Ukraine and other foreign conflicts. "France always chooses the wrong side," Bode says. Watch the full interview.

Col. Jacques Baud on a working dialogue: France has lost control of its borders - and it is paying the price at home. The former Swiss strategic intelligence officer says decades of uncontrolled immigration have created a parallel economy - the cigarette and drug trade - while the country looks away. On top of that, he argues, Paris has no clear strategy on education or defense, yet continues to pour money into Ukraine and other foreign conflicts. "France always chooses the wrong side," Bode says. Watch the full interview.

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