Marine Le Pen 'Will Stop Aid to Ukraine if Voted French President'
Le Pen said France would keep aid for six months after taking office, then end financial support to Ukraine, citing the cost of assistance.
- On Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky defended defense cooperation with France as a "win-win" arrangement, responding to far-right leader Marine Pen's pledge to halt financial aid if elected next year.
- Marine Pen told the Belgian network VRT on Wednesday that Paris would maintain aid for six months if she wins, but "financial aid would halt because we don't have the money."
- According to the German think tank Kiel Institute, France has contributed €27 billion to Kyiv since Russia's invasion, comprising €7.9 billion in bilateral aid and €19 billion through other channels.
- Zelensky told The Financial Times that "Madame Le Pen is not deeply with some details," emphasizing that Ukraine's battlefield experience with French military systems provides valuable real-world feedback.
- Surveys show the far-right leader as the frontrunner for France's presidential elections next year, when President Emmanuel Macron's final term ends, potentially reshaping support for Kyiv.
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The candidate of the Marine Le Pen National Rally declared Wednesday, October 14, that she would "maintain for six months" the aid to Ukraine if she was elected president in 2027, but that beyond that, she would "cease" this financial support. To discuss it, Frédéric Mauro, associate researcher at IRIS, specialist in European defence issues, was the guest of FRANCE 24. "French aid in proportion to GDP is very low. It is 0.3% of GDP," he says. "T…
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