French far-right politician Le Pen: Promising Ukraine membership in NATO and EU is great lie and risk for peace
Pravda Ukraine
Marine Le Pen, the de-facto leader of the French far-right National Rally party, is convinced that Ukraine cannot be promised membership in NATO and the European Union, as the former was the cause of Russian aggression and is rejected by the United States, while the latter is not beneficial to the EU itself.
Source: Marine Le Pen on 3 March during a speech at the French National Assembly, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Le Pen believes that Ukraine deserves realistic support from the European Union. Promising the country accession to NATO and the EU would be a deception or pose a serious risk to peace on the European continent.
Quote from Le Pen: “There is no doubt that we must support Ukraine to remain sovereign and free. But we must do so with realism and with our own national interests in mind, not just with loud statements without real facts. Understanding reality, first and foremost, means recognising that we cannot promise Ukraine NATO membership because we know that this prospect served as a justification for Russian aggression and is now clearly rejected by the United States. Likewise, Ukraine’s accession to the European Union is undoubtedly contrary to our interests. This membership would cost France billions of euros, create new distortions of competition in the labour market, significantly affect our social model, and its primary consequence would almost certainly be the destruction of our farmers [their business – ed.]. Support for this dual membership [in NATO and the EU – ed.] looks either a deception or a serious risk to peace and our interests.”
Background: In February, Le Pen and other far-right leaders included in the third-largest European Parliament grouping, Patriots for Europe, participated in a large-scale meeting in Madrid under the slogan Make Europe Great Again.
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