“the President used this conflict to campaign,” said Jordan Bardella, head of the RN list for the Europeans.

The race for a majority in the European Parliament is about to end on Sunday June 9, with the result of the European elections. Favorite in the polls, Jordan Bardella, head of the National Rally list, took part in the political interview on 20 Heures, Friday June 7. Regarding Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to France, after the announcement of a delivery of Mirage 2000 planes to Ukraine by Emmanuel Macron on Thursday evening, the far-right candidate judged “worrying“the decisions taken by the head of state. “I note that the President of the Republic also used this conflict to carry out his entire campaign”he added on this subject.

By seeing in aid to Ukraine a “risk of escalation” with Russia, Jordan Bardella aligns with the Kremlin spokesperson, noted Laurent Delahousse: “I cannot let you say that I take the position of a country which invaded a nation-state, which I condemned without the slightest ambiguity and which today threatens my country.” the candidate defended himself. And to recognize that Vladimir Putin “represents a threat to French interests”.