Around Marc Fauvelle and Renaud Dely, Fanny Guinocheteconomics journalist at franceinfo, Roselyne Febvrefrom France 24 and Guillaume Daretof FranceTV, discuss the news of Thursday, March 24.
War in Ukraine: are French companies accomplices of Putin?
Before the National Assembly, Wednesday, March 23, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attacked the major French groups still present in Russia: Renault, Auchan and Leroy-Merlin. During this videoconference, the Head of State notably called for the departure of all French companies from Russia so that they cease to finance Russia.
For his part, Yannick Jadot, once again accused, on franceinfo this Thursday, TotalEnergies of complicity in a war crime because of its activity in Russia. The environmentalist presidential candidate claims that the French hydrocarbon giant is working with companies and oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin.
Under pressure, Renault announced it was withdrawing on Wednesday evening. Leroy-Merlin is staying and TotalEnergies is going to sue Yannick Jadot for defamation. What do these French groups bring to Russia? Why do they decide to stay in Russia? What is the impact of the sanctions already implemented? Is it up to private companies to settle conflicts between States?
Yannick Jadot: why such a difficult presidential change?
He had great ambitions for this presidential election, he even put on a tie for “make president”but the environmentalist candidate is not taking off in the polls.
On the contrary, it has clearly declined since the start of the campaign, has been robbed of the leadership on the left by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and today oscillates around the threshold of 5% of voting intentions. Why such a difficult campaign?