Aid from France to Ukraine, rallying of the former boss of Frontex to the RN for the European elections, Gérard Miller accused of rape… Raquel Garrido’s “8:30 franceinfo”

The La France insoumise MP from Seine-Saint-Denis was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo” on Sunday February 18, 2024.

Raquel Garrido, France Insoumise MP for Seine-Saint-Denis, was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo” on Sunday February 18, 2024. She answered questions from Hadrien Bect and Jules De Kiss.

Ukraine: “It would be better policy for military doctrine to be validated democratically through parliamentarians”

The LFI MP for Seine-Saint-Denis deplores that the approximately three billion euros in additional aid promised to Ukraine by Emmanuel Macron were not the subject of discussions with the legislative power. The President of the Republic signed a bilateral agreement with Ukraine on Friday February 16, adding this aid to the seven billion euros promised earlier by Germany. “Beyond the amount put forward, there is a geopolitical bias, which is to support the integration of Ukraine into the EU and NATO.analyzes Raquel Garrido who says “absolutely not favorable” to such an accession which would automatically make France a “cobelligerent” in the armed conflict with Russia.

The Gérard Miller affair “touched her as a woman, a left-wing activist and a friend”

The Insoumise MP assures that she has not “Never” witnessed the acts “shocking” blamed on the psychiatrist close to the left party, accused by more than 40 women of rape and sexual assault. “What is difficult, when it comes to sexist and sexual violence, is not to denounce it when it is among others, in other parties, it is when it is at home because that creates conflict of loyalty”she notes.

Fabrice Leggeri “has the death of thousands of people on his hands”

The rallying of the former director of Frontex Fabrice Leggeri to the National Rally for the next European elections “proves that the classical basis [du parti] is built on necro-politics”, castigates Raquel Garrido. When he was head of the EU agency responsible for border control, from 2015 to 2022, Fabrice Leggeri made “the bet that by letting people die in the Mediterranean, it will have a deterrent effect for those considering the crossing”she denounces.