The National Rally, a party skeptical of the European Union, demanded Monday, January 4 that the EU is committed "
without ambiguity or reservation in (the) common effort
" against jihadism, after the death of several French soldiers in Mali.
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"
The European Union, which has been able to find the funds to triple the Asylum, migration and integration budget for the period 2021-2027 (...), must now engage without ambiguity or reserve in this common, priority and essential effort of the fight against jihadism,
”wrote Marine Le Pen's party in a press release.
"
In this war
(against jihadism in the Sahel, editor's note)
to ensure the security of the countries of the region, of France but also of Europeans, the burden cannot rest on the shoulders of France alone while the European Union hijacks the look at what is going on in the Sahel
”, estimates the far-right formation.
"
In view of the challenges and threats posed by Islamist terrorism for the security of Europe, the internationalization of the military system must now be accelerated
", maintains the RN, which also calls for "a
substantial and lasting commitment
" in "
the training and equipping local armies
”.
France will "
very probably
" reduce the strength of its anti-jihadist force Barkhane in the Sahel after "
significant military successes
" in 2020, said in an interview with the Parisian published Monday the French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, while denouncing the "
Pernicious methods
" of the jihadists after the death of five French soldiers in Mali.
