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The electors care about the domestic situation first, and we elect the French president with the intention to have someone to defend French interests.”

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I don’t imagine Marine Le Pen going to see Vladimir Putin two weeks after getting elected and talking about a great reset in relations. Rather, it would be more like Le Pen, as president, making it more difficult for the EU and the US to agree on a new posture — a new package of sanctions, and to agree within NATO on what we need to do on the eastern flank.”

Elections

The electors care about the domestic situation first, and we elect the French president with the intention to have someone to defend French interests.”

Elections Foreign Policy

Le Pen’s campaign platform suggests she would override EU decisions she does not believe in, such as imposing tight border controls around France, and giving French citizens preference in labor markets; both those violate the EU’s core principles. It is hard to see how this would not lead to France pulling out of the EU. There are opt-outs on every situation, to not implement EU decisions if it is against France’s interests.”

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