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An enlargement of NATO does not promote peace, according to Marine Le Pen

2022-05-18T08:03:33.957Z


An enlargement of NATO to Finland and Sweden, or an enlargement of the EU are "not intended" to promote peace, estimated Wednesday 18...


An enlargement of NATO to Finland and Sweden, or an enlargement of the EU are "

not intended

" to promote peace, estimated Wednesday, May 18 Marine Le Pen.

Today, (...) the announcements of NATO enlargement, the announcements of enlargement of the European Union are not intended, in my opinion, to help find solutions for peace

” , declared on France Inter the finalist of the French presidential election.

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"

The origin of Russia's paranoia (which declared war on Ukraine on February 24, editor's note) is the enlargement of NATO and the establishment of military structures as close as possible to Russia.

I do not justify this paranoia, but it must be taken into account

, ”argued the far-right official, who wants to leave NATO's integrated command.

During the presidential campaign, Marine Le Pen called for a "

strategic rapprochement between NATO and Russia

" once the war in Ukraine was over.

Quoting a column published in Le Figaro by the former sovereignist deputy LR Henri Guaino, the deputy from Pas-de-Calais expressed her "

concern about the risk of seeing us drawn into a war that in reality no one will have wanted and which, by a mechanical effect, will involve a whole series of countries in a conflict which, in fact, will become global

”.

Finland and Sweden submitted their applications for NATO membership on Wednesday and consultations were underway between the Allies to lift Turkey's opposition to the integration of the two Nordic countries into the Alliance.

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On the intensification of arms deliveries from France to Ukraine, Marine Le Pen estimated that “

if we deliver heavy weapons, we become co-belligerent

”, and “

then we are at war against Russia

”.

On the unanimous vote within the EU, which Emmanuel Macron proposed to revise, Marine Le Pen judged, regretting that, in this case, European countries "

could no longer defend their vital interests

" and "

will no longer be sovereign

".

Source: lefigaro

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