Nicolas Sarkozy DENIES man-made climate change and brands believers ‘arrogant’ Sarkozy has triggered fury after saying climate change is not caused by humans. By Fraser Moore

Posted By on September 18th, 2016

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/711577/Nicolas-Sarkozy-climate-change-France-presidency-migrant-crisis

The French presidential hopeful blasted “arrogant” eco-warriors at a meeting of business leaders this week, claiming human industry was not the cause of climate change.

He said: “The climate has been changing for four billion years. “The Sahara has become a desert, and it isn’t because of industry.“You need to be as arrogant as men are to believe we changed the climate.”

Mr Sarkozy has previously insisted France must stop African migrants coming to Europe if their sole reason for doing so is because their homeland is being turned into desert.

But the 61-year-old, who has vowed to take a tough line on extremism ahead of the country’s presidential election next year, caused outrage from his main rivals.

Fellow contender for the Presidency, Alain Juppé, said he was “convinced that human activity bears a heavy share of responsibility in climate change”.

He added: “Denying it is denying reality.”

The controversial comments come as the former president from 2007 to 2012 lashed out over the European migrant crisis, claiming France is “not the gatekeeper” of England.

During live television debate on France 2 television, he said: “Is that we can accommodate all those who want to come? My answer is no.

And in a blow to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her open-door migrant policy, Mr Sarkozy called for a “limit” on migrants entering Europe.

He added: “We have no jobs, we do not have the means.

“There must be a limit.”

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