EU summit in BrusselsPARIS Feb 5 French presidential candidate from the right-wing National association» Marine Le Pen said she would offer to replace the European Union with the European Alliance of Nations if she is elected president. «In this world that invents new cold wars, France must make sure that its strong and independent voice is heard, in particular through its diplomatic seat on the Security Council…In Europe, we are reforming the European Union to replace it with the European Alliance of Nations,» Le Pen said to her constituents in Reims on Saturday.
France wanted to leave NATO so as not to be at enmity with Russia, she added that the functioning of the European Alliance of Nations «will be based on the sovereignty of the peoples.» Presidential elections in France will be held in April 2022. A number of candidates have already declared their desire to run for the presidency. Among them are Le Pen, candidate of the center-right Republican party Valerie Pecresse, far-right leader of the Reconquest party (Reconquête) Eric Zemmour, head of the left-wing France Insubordinate party Jean-Luc Mélenchon, member of the Europe-Ecology-Greens party. Yannick Jadot, National Secretary of the Communist Party Fabien Roussel, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, who is running for the elections from the Socialist Party, former French Minister of Justice Christian Tobira. The incumbent President Emmanuel Macron has not yet officially announced his participation in the election race. wp-content/uploads/2022/02/8ca523817a85b4e759200360dc027870.jpg» /> French presidential candidate announced his desire to withdraw the country from NATO
