LIVE – “The Great Confrontation” on LCI: what do the candidates think of Putin’s Russia?

There is “no military solution today and tomorrow because we have a military power facing us”, namely Russia, affirms Manon Aubry (LFI) “To think that we will succeed in putting an end to to this war is to go astray. The Macronists want to maintain strategic ambiguity on the sending of troops, but it is ineffective and irresponsible. This poses the risk of a war between two nuclear powers.

Sending ground troops “is an extremely dangerous idea”, agrees François-Xavier Bellamy (LR). “Today, our duty is to rebuild our defense industry. We must triple the budget of the European defense fund”, but “no European army”, because “Europe must not become a federal state.”

According to Valérie Hayer (Renaissance), “Russian threats are real”. “Russia has interests in New Caledonia, that’s the reality,” she says. “We have to get out of posturing. Jordan Bardella tells us that Russia is a threat, but in 2022, Marine Le Pen called for a military alliance with Russia. The RN has always refused to support aid to Ukraine. We cannot cannot say oneself in support of Ukraine on the European platforms and not on the European platforms.”

“Emmanuel Macron called for a rapprochement between Europe and Russia,” replied Jordan Bardella (RN). “Why continue to import natural gas when you consider your supplier a threat to our collective security? Be consistent.”

For Marie Toussaint (Les Écologues), Russian President Vladimir Putin “is a threat to Europe and its democracy”. She regrets that France “continues to buy gas” from Vladimir Putin. “We continue to import enriched uranium. However, we must hit Vladimir Putin in the wallet. It is the responsibility of the EU.”

Jordan Bardella (RN) also believes that “Russia is today a multidimensional threat to our security and our sovereignty”. “It is also a nuclear power,” he argues. “We are facing a threat that we must address by avoiding any risk of escalation with support for Ukraine.”

Now for the first theme of the evening: the international, and in particular the war in Ukraine.

The head of the LFI list Manon Aubry presents a photo of a factory in the north of France. “This company is proof that the market is chaos,” she says. “To get through this, we must give ourselves the power to change everything on June 9. Regain control over the European energy market, guarantee our protectionism.”

The head of the LR list François-Xavier Bellamy presents a photo of a school after the urban violence of last summer. “Every day, authority is challenged,” he says. “Europe must give us back control of our destiny. It is the European right that can achieve this tomorrow.”

Head of list RN Jordan Bardella presents a photo of the Danish flag. “One of the big challenges is that of immigration which poses the threat of erasure for France and Denmark,” he assures. “I express the wish for a Europe of nations which protects our borders, defends our art of living and our civilization.”

The head of the PS/Place publique list Raphaël Glucksmann presents a photo of the demonstrations in Georgia. “I saw in Georgia and Ukraine people ready to die for the European flag,” he declares. “It’s time to wake up and get back on track in Europe.”

The head of the Reconquest list Marion Maréchal presents a photo of the lighting of the Olympic flame. “Our French and European civilization is threatened by Wokism and migratory overwhelm,” she declares. “I want to put an end to the EU, complicit in these ideologies.”

The head of the PCF list Léon Deffontaines presents a photo of an electricity bill. “It shows everything that is wrong with this European Union,” he says. “We want to regain control of the electricity market and lower French bills by leaving the European electricity market. It is this left that I wish to embody.”

The head of the list of Ecologists Marie Toussaint presents a photo of a worker from the Dunkirk shipyards. “He is fighting, with thousands of his colleagues, against the asbestos lobby,” she declares. “We can give birth to a new industrial strategy: that of repairing and depolluting the world. Yes, Europe can and must free us from chemicals and toxic products.”

Renaissance frontrunner Valérie Hayer presents a photo of the city of Kharviv, Ukraine. “She is under fire from Russian bombs,” says the presidential majority candidate. “One euro for Ukrainians is one euro for all French people. This war has an impact on our daily lives. This money is nothing compared to what will have to be spent tomorrow if Russia wins this war.”

Jordan Bardella confirms that the RN will no longer sit with the German AFD in the European Parliament. “The AFD has crossed red lines,” he says. “The RN will have new allies after the European elections. The groups will be reset to zero after the June 9 vote.”

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