Marion Maréchal, supporter of the far-right candidate Éric Zemmour, deplored on Friday March 25 the "
semantic
" debates on the possibility of considering Vladimir Poutine as a "
war criminal
", while ensuring that he had no "
problem on the principle
to be so called.
She was questioned on France Inter on the fact that she had considered in an interview in June 2021 that Vladimir Poutine was "
a phenomenal geopolitical tactician
" and that dining with him was part of "
the things to do in a lifetime
".
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“
I don't regret (having said that, editor's note), because yes, in fact, I think Vladimir Putin is a geopolitical tactician.
You can't take that away from him, and when I was asked about it, the idea I had in mind was more that I found it interesting to be able to find out what was in Vladimir Putin's head.
“, she justified.
"
It was not an act of complacency or submission or fascination as I could hear
", it was "
not a compliment as such
", but "
an analysis
", he said. she adds.
As for knowing if the Russian president can today be qualified as a "
war criminal
", Marion Maréchal said that she considers that this question, "
it's a bit of semantics, because we've been circling around the pot on these qualifiers.
I'm not sure that's what stops the bombs in Kyiv
,” she said.
She assured that she had "
no problem on the principle that he can be qualified as such, but war criminal, it is a legal definition for once, it meets very specific criteria
".
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The founder of the Institute of Social, Economic and Political Sciences (Issep) in Lyon referred to the ongoing investigation by the International Criminal Court and concluded that "
if it turns out that specialists and lawyers attest that there were war crimes, he will have to be convicted, there is no ambiguity about that
”.
"
But I don't like this kind of verbal escalation race that we are witnessing, which does not bring much in terms of resolving this conflict, apart from having fun
," she said. insisted again.