France can’t finance Ukraine forever – Le Pen party head

Paris needs guarantees that Kiev will repay the money it’s been getting during its conflict with Moscow, Jordan Bardella has said France lacks money for itself and simply cannot keep funding Ukraine indefinitely, Jordan Bardella, the president of Marine Le Pen’s right-wing National Rally (NR) party, has said. The main French opposition party faced harsh criticism from its rivals earlier this week after its vice president, Louis Aliot, said that NR “would turn off the tap” for Kiev if it comes to power after the 2027 presidential vote.

Le Pen is seen as having strong chances to succeed in the election next year, no matter who her rival will be in the second round. Bardella weighed in on the issue during his speech at the Ambrosetti Forum in Italy on Saturday, saying that Ukraine needs support from France and other Western nations during the conflict with Russia, but “our objective should not be to finance the war ad vitam æternam,” which means ‘forever’ in Latin. West will never get its ‘loans’ back from Kiev – ex-Ukrainian PM (VIDEO) France has a national debt of €3. 5 trillion ($4. 6 billion) and cannot be…