“We must choose sanctions that are not sanctions against the purchasing power of the French”, pleads Marine Le Pen

The United States chose Tuesday, March 8 to impose an embargo on Russian oil and gas. Should Europe use this lever to bend Vladimir Putin? “No, because to use this lever is to sanction very seriously and very heavily the French, French companies, the French economy which could take years to recover“, said Marine Le Pen, candidate of the National Rally in the presidential election and guest of the “4V”, Wednesday, March 9.

The contestant also stated that “the consequences could be much worse than the consequences of the pandemic“. For her it is necessary to “choose sanctions that are not Sanctions against the purchasing power of the French and against our economic activity“. Responding to the platform of former President François Hollande, who stressed that buying Russian gas was financing the war, Marine Le Pen replied: “Mr Hollande had to not close Fessenheim. All these people attacked French nuclear power, including Emmanuel Macron at the start of his mandate, who wanted to close 14 nuclear reactors (…). Today they complain about the dependence on Russian gas. This is the direct consequence of their lack of foresight and their major strategic error..”