Marine Le Pen. File photoPARIS, Jul 10 Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally faction in the French parliament, said that EU sanctions against Russia were completely ineffective.» Sanctions (against the Russian Federation — ed.) were completely ineffective … Sanctions have enriched Russia, moreover, they have sanctioned the French more than Russia,” Le Pen said in an interview with BFMTV. DWN: Germany rushes to collapse because of sanctions and its own policiesAccording to her, it was anti-Russian sanctions that were the root cause of rising inflation. Inflation in France reached a record high and amounted to 5.2% in May. According to the National Institute of Statistics (Insee), in June, the increase in the level of prices for goods and services in France will be 5.8%. The West has introduced several packages of sanctions against the Russian Federation because of Ukraine. The President of the Russian Federation has previously stated that the policy of containment and weakening of Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. Putin also said that the United States and the European Union had effectively defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves. He added that the current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics.
