Jean-Luc Melanchon. Archival photo PARIS, Jan. 3 Leader of the far-left party «Unruly France» Jean-Luc Melanchon, who announced his intention to fight again for the presidency of France, spoke in favor of the country's withdrawal from NATO and for interaction with Russia, which should help achieve de-escalation in international relations. In the last presidential election in France, Melanchon won more than 19% of the vote in the first round, without making it into the second round of voting. In 2022, he can take part in the presidential race for the third time. «I am for leaving NATO. We need de-escalation,» Melanchon wrote on Twitter. Separately, speaking on France Inter radio, the politician said that leaving NATO would allow France. » do not get involved «in the» military adventures of North Americans. » I do not agree to betray the word given to the Russian leaders — when they were told that the end of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet bloc would not bring NATO to the borders of Russia … For the first time in modern history, the empire collapsed without discussing how the results will be distributed, «he stressed in an interview. Melanchon also said that after the countries of the former USSR joined NATO, Russia felt a» threat. » For the same reason, he believes that Ukraine should not join the alliance. The basis of the political course should be de-escalation, Melanchon said. He noted that he opposes the «new cold war».
