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Former leader of the French far-right National Rally Marine Le Pen, who had a long-standing reputation as “Putin’s friend,” unexpectedly criticized Russia for its war against Ukraine during a parliamentary debate.
The National Party leader Marine Le Pen has echoed Kremlin talking points over Ukraine both before and since Russia’s 2022 invasion. Russia reportedly long-runningly interfered in Le Pen’s politics – from party members legitimizing the annexation of Crimea to evidence of Moscow bankrolling her movement’s growth.
Le Pen unexpectedly changed her rhetoric in the last speech from the tribune of the National Assembly, saying on 12 March, “By invading Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Russia launched a war at the gates of the EU and a geopolitical crisis that is undoubtedly the most dramatic of the last twenty years.”
She recalled the thousands killed and injured, the millions of people who had to flee their cities and villages. “We owe respect and support to the Ukrainian nation that has suffered aggression… It is thanks to the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people that Russia has suffered a defeat,” Marine Le Pen stated.
The National Party leader Marine Le Pen has echoed Kremlin talking points over Ukraine both before and since Russia’s 2022 invasion. Russia reportedly long-runningly interfered in Le Pen’s politics – from party members legitimizing the annexation of Crimea to evidence of Moscow bankrolling her movement’s growth.
Le Pen unexpectedly changed her rhetoric in the last speech from the tribune of the National Assembly, saying on 12 March, “By invading Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Russia launched a war at the gates of the EU and a geopolitical crisis that is undoubtedly the most dramatic of the last twenty years.”
She recalled the thousands killed and injured, the millions of people who had to flee their cities and villages. “We owe respect and support to the Ukrainian nation that has suffered aggression… It is thanks to the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people that Russia has suffered a defeat,” Marine Le Pen stated.
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