French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen called for reconciliation between NATO and Russia, and reiterated a pledge to pull French personnel out of NATO’s integrated command if she is elected
French presidential candidates on both the far right and far left remain skeptical of NATO in light of the war in Ukraine.
Polls suggest that a majority of the French public supports the alliance, but skepticism of NATO is widespread in the country’s politics. “The general opinion of the French public is actually more transatlantic than the political class would like it to be,” said Tara Varma, the head of the Paris office of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
France’s far left and the far right have long criticized NATO as an alliance that largely revolves around the interests of the United States.In recent weeks, three of the leading presidential candidates sharply criticized NATO. That trio included far-right contender Éric Zemmour and far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who vowed to pull France fully out of the alliance.
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