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He is against sanctions, and he wants to get out of NATO, here is what the 2022 presidential candidate, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, said on the crisis between Ukraine and Russia.
During his interview with Brut, the 2022 presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon spoke about the current situation in Ukraine. The candidate of rebellious France says to himself in a “position not aligned, neither with the Americans, nor with the Russians, nor with the Chinese, nor with anyone. ” He believes that the Russians have crossed a “unacceptable threshold“considering that they don’t have to recognize the independence of two self-proclaimed republics within one state.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon also deplores the use of force and that the Russians have crossed the border. If, according to him, situations may require an intervention in a “controlled and mastered“, this cannot be done with violence. Also, he claims to be opposed to sanctions and calls for discussion. “So the conference for security and borders, that is a concrete response. Sanctions won’t get us anywhere,” he said.