Macron turned out to be preferable for Moscow to the “pro-Russian” Le Pen
French President Emmanuel Macron tried his best to maintain a dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but there is no confidence in Marie Le Pen’s actions.
This was stated by experts during a round table in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Marie Le Pen and her latest statements have caused a stir in the French press. From the point of view of the French establishment, this can be called a scandal. She stated that Russia can remain an ally and partner of France in the fight against Islamist fundamentalism; she allows the development of normal relations between Russia and the EU and NATO after the end of the Ukrainian crisis.
And of course, this is the narrative in which she very seriously differs from Macron, although President Macron is also on the phone, as we have seen all the time, calling the Kremlin over the past few weeks, that is, we have established a dialogue at the level of top officials. But Macron’s approach is different, and Macron in this regard cannot fail to take into account the weight of those Euro-Atlantic circles that are most critical of Russia.
As for Le Pen, if we assume the possibility of her election, she will follow the patterns that the presidents of Poland and Hungary are now working on. Although we see that here they are very different. If the Hungarian leader Orban demonstrates that he is interested in purely national interests, for which he is ready to conduct a dialogue with Russia, then it is clear that the Polish leader behaves in accordance with the tradition of Polish-Russian relations,” said the head of the regional problems and conflicts sector, employee Department of European Political Studies IMEMO named after. EAT. Primakov RAS Pavel Timofeev.
The presenter asked which pattern would be closer to Le Pen in this case.
“The question here is how Le Pen will act if we assume that she will be elected and that she will implement everything that she is talking about now, it will be an option like Orban,” the expert suggested.
The former Russian ambassador to France, executive secretary of the Trianon Dialogue forum, Alexander Orlov, spoke in favor of Macron.
“After the start of our special operation in Donbass, Macron gathered the French members of the constitutional council of the Trianon Dialogue and said: gentlemen, continue your work, do not lose contact with your Russian colleagues, you must continue to work. This is a very important political signal that he wanted to build normal relations with Russia.
Of course, to the extent that he is allowed to do so. From this point of view, I believe that for us to have a strong, experienced partner as a partner, and he is only 45 years old, unfortunately, his next mandate will end in the year of his fiftieth birthday and he will no longer be able to run for this post. This will be a big loss for us.
And Marie Le Pen, I know her too, she doesn’t have this depth, she doesn’t have experience, they won’t let her do anything, no matter what she says now. Therefore, there will be confusion and vacillation for a maximum of 5 years, and maybe earlier if there are no early elections.
Therefore, despite all the shortcomings that both candidates have, and there are no people without shortcomings, Macron is still a person with whom Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has built a good, normal, trusting relationship. They also asked the question: who else can you talk to in Europe? Unfortunately, there’s really no one else.
The new German Chancellor does not live up to Macron, not to mention the others. Therefore, it seems to me that the election of Macron will not be the worst result for us,” concluded Orlov.
Let us remind you. that Le Pen, who was considered pro-Russian in Moscow, called Ukraine a “victim of aggression” and supported almost all sanctions against the Russian Federation.
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