France is prepared to resume discussions with the UK about its illegal immigration crisis if the British government takes talks seriously, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday. He told a press conference: “We cannot change our geography, so we need to come to an understanding with our British friends and allies even though they have chosen to leave Europe. The common interest of Europe and Great Britain is to work together to try to solve this problem.” “From the moment there is no more double-speak and we can discuss in a serious spirit, and our private exchanges correspond to our public exchanges, the French government is ready to very quickly resume discussions with Great Britain,” he said. Darmanin said France hopes the “public invectives” will cease, “especially on the part of the United Kingdom towards French or European political leaders.” The French government said on Nov. 26 that …