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Marine Le Pen promises French far right will rein in aid to Ukraine, slams soccer star Mbapp | CNN


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As Ukraine bleeds territory to Russia, support from one of Kyivs strongest backers looks set to falter if the far right sweep to power in Sundays French parliamentary elections.

MarineLePen,figurehead of the French far-right National Rally (RN) party, vowed a prime minister from her party would prevent Kyiv using French-supplied long-range weapons to strike inside Russia and would stymie French President Emmanuel Macrons suggestionhe mightput French boots on Ukrainian soil.

If Emmanuel Macron wants to send troops to Ukraine and the prime minister is against it, then there are no troops sent to Ukraine, she told CNN. The prime minister has the final say.

MarineLePengave a wide-ranging interview to CNNs Christiane Amanpour on Thursday ahead of the second-round vote in Frances snapparliamentary election, calledby MacronafterNational Rallys stunning European election results in May.

She tore into the national soccer sides star striker,Kylian Mbapp,refused tocommit toimmediately throwingout racist candidates in her party and signalled astarkshiftinFrances level ofsupport for Ukraine, if elected.

Presentingherself firmly asin the French political mainstream,three-time unsuccessful presidential candidate LePenstruck a confident, combative figure, days away from perhaps the greatest political victory of her career.

With polls pointing towards the National Rally holding the biggest share ofthe 577seats in the National Assembly comeMonday morning,although potentially not achievinganabsolute majority,Macron will likely offer them the chance to choose the countrys next prime minister.Le Pens youthful disciple and party leader Jordan Bardella has previously said he will only accept the premiership if National Rally wins by a large enough margin.

Even without an RN prime minister, any legislative action in the French parliament will have to navigate around a far-right center of gravity.

If there is an RNpremiership, it wouldset up a tense cohabitation with Macrons centrist presidency, especially over centerpiece policies like French support for Ukraines war against Russia.

Ukrainian servicemen of the 55th Artillery Brigade

Beyondblockingpotentialtroop deployments to Ukraine mooted by Macronas a way to boostmilitaryinstructors efficiency Le Pentold CNN that Kyivs permission to use French-supplied long-range missiles inside Russia would also be rescinded.

Macron was one of the firstleaders publicly to allow Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia with Western weapons, setting the stage for Washington to do the same. This has allowedKyivto target Russian military bases, formations and artilleryused to launch attacksinto Ukraine.

Aside from troop deployments, Le Pen said her only red line on Ukraine was stopping France becoming a co-belligerent in the conflict via the use of long-range French missiles against targets on Russian soil. Most Western leaders currently do not consider that such supplies constitute co-belligerence with Ukraine.

Le Pen directedmost of her ire closer to home.

Speaking from her partys seat in Paris,LePenlashed out at French soccer starMbapp,who has maderepeated comments in recent weeks seemingly haranguing the far right.

Undoubtedly the brightest star of French football today, he joined a host of celebritiesthis weekin calling on votersto mobilizeto keep the far-right from power.

Theres an emergency. We cantleave our country in the hands of these people,MbappsaidThursday, following National Rallys strong first-round showing. Its really urgent. I think that weve seen the results, its catastrophic.

French soccer star Kylian Mbapp, center, leaves the stadium after a training session in Hamburg, Germany, on July 4, 2024.

Speaking last month, earlierin the Euros2024 soccer tournament in Germany, the striker,whose family originally come from Algeria and Cameroon, stressed that he didnt want to representa country thatdidnt embody his values.

Le Pen rejected his comments, dismissing him as unrepresentative.

French people are fed up of beinglectured and advised on how to vote,LePentold CNN.

Mbappdoesnt represent French people with an immigration background, because there are far more of them living on the minimum wage, who cant afford housing and cant afford heating, than people like Mr. Mbapp, she said.

If National Rally wins big enoughin Sundays election,LePencan expect tosee her loyal lieutenantBardella installed as Frances prime minister. She will have unquestionably succeeded in bringing her party into the political mainstream.

Having won nearly a third of French votes cast in the EuropeanParliamentelectionsin May,LePenrefused to be labelled as a far-right politician, which she said carries a stigma.

It does not correspond to what we are. And not at all to what the far right is in the United States, sheclaimed.

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LePens party currently supports ending the automatic right to citizenship for people born to foreign parents in Franceandseverely restricting citizenship by naturalization.Additionally, the party proposes restricting the rights of foreigners to access some social services, including housing, with preferential access given to French nationals.

Thesecondpledgelisted in National Rallys manifestois a law targeting Islamist ideologies, although it does not elaborate on how.

LePenfended off accusations of racismmadeagainst some of the hundreds of candidates her party fielded for the election.

I think that in any political movement, there can be what we call black sheep, she said.

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Le Pen reacts to racist comments by her party’s candidates

One candidate, Florent de Kersauson,reposteda promotional picture showing a mixed-race child as false Brittany, another, Daniel Grenon, reportedly said North Africans have no place in high places in France during a recorded local debate, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. Grenon has claimed this was an erroneous quotation.

Im not contesting the existence of these comments,LePensaid, referring to the accusationslevelled against her candidates. She promised to seecomplaintstackled internally by the partys conflicts commissionbutrefused to have such candidates removedimmediatelyfrom the ballot. Thats not my vision of justice, she said.

Cohabiting with the staunchly pro-European Emmanuel Macron will have its complications for the keenly anti-Brussels National Rally.

Top of the list of sensitivities is likely to be foreign policy, whereLePenand Macron rarely see eye to eye. A far-right governmentwouldbe welcome news for Russian President Vladimir Putin though.

LePenhas landed in hot water in the past over Russia. Shes boasted of her admiration for Putin, refused to condemn Putins illegal annexation of Crimeain 2014, and even took out ahuge loan from a Russian bank.

Marine Le Pen gives a speech as results come in for the first round of the French parliamentary elections in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, on June 30, 2024.

Many held similar suspicions ahead of the election ofhard-rightculture warrior Italian Prime MinisterGiorgiaMeloniin 2022.But in office, shes proved a team player in Europes support for Kyiv.

Theres no such absolutionyetforLePenthough.

On Wednesday, Russias foreign ministry posted apicture ofLePenon X, stating that French voters are seeking a break from the dictate of Washington and Brussels.

Pressed on the posts relevance,LePens answer may point to her following Melonis hard shoulder to Moscow.

Its a form of interference, and in that sense, I find it unacceptable,LePensaid of the post.

Shes broken many molds already in her time in politics; the weight of real political power for National Rally may change her further still.

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