| No, no, madame Mayor, it's the French who are mocking and contemptuous. Brits are amused and befuddled, and occasionally bloody-minded, which you'll discover if you open the border... |
"David Cameron is mocking us, he holds our territory in contempt and he is imposing his own laws on Calais," she said. "The President of the Republic (Hollande) must thump the table, once and for all, on behalf of all of us, we must make this a diplomatic incident.
"If the British do not want to get around the table to discuss security, humanitarian issues and economic solidarity then we will have to open the borders," she added.
Ms Bouchart did not say which laws she was referring to specifically, but has previously called for the scrapping of the Le Touquet Treaty, which lays responsibility for border controls on the French side.