“The election of Marine Le Pen would be very bad news for Europe”declared on Wednesday April 13 on franceinfo Daniel Freund, German environmentalist MEP, after the remarks of Marine Le Pen. “Voting Marine Le Pen is taking a one-way ticket to the Kremlin”he added as the presidential candidate pleaded for a “strategic rapprochement between NATO and Russia.”
franceinfo: Do Marine Le Pen’s comments worry you?
Daniel Freud: Yes, it is scary. To say that the interests of France and Germany are opposed and that she wants to stop a large number of collaborations that we have built since the Second World War, this is not good news for the cooperation between our two countries. , but also for the entire European Union. The election of Marine Le Pen would be very bad news for Europe.
What will the German leaders think? Are they worried?
What worries above all is the close relationship she has had for a long time with Vladimir Putin. In a situation of war in Ukraine, having someone at the head of France with such a close relationship, who wants to reconcile with Russia, is really not the right position.
“We have our own problems in Germany with our energy relations with Russia which we are in the process of correcting with this new government.”
Daniel Freund, German environmentalist MEPat franceinfo
Are the interests of Germany and France divergent, particularly in the field of defence, as Marine Le Pen says?
If we want to defend our interests against people like Putin or Xi Jinping in China, we don’t need national sovereignty. Germany, France, Great Britain, we can’t do it alone. The European Union is a European defence. This is the only path that can really lead to the defense of our common interests. On the other hand, if we say that there are differences between Germany and France, we will be small countries that are unable to defend themselves against major powers.