The Republicans timidly stand out from the phrases of François Fillon on Volodymyr Zelensky | EUROtoday

Does Bruno Retailleau have selective thanks? Saturday, March 8, the candidate for the presidency of the Les Républicains (LR) social gathering welcomed the help of his former mentor, François Fillon, granted in an interview revealed by Current values Four days earlier. “François Fillon draws up a fair observation on the state of our country (…). Thank you dear François Fillon for your support and for the love of France that drives you ”, he wrote in this message broadcast on X. But praise remains limited to national policy. Of the four extracts selected in its publication not one does not take up the comments of the former Prime Minister (2007-2012) on Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky. “He is just not the impeccable hero magnified by Europeans”, estimates Mr. Fillon in this interview, in which he recognizes but minimizes the role of Russia in the assault of Ukraine in 2022.

“His phrases are unacceptable and take up the Russian narrative”deplores Jean-Louis Thiériot. Specialist in military questions at LR, the deputy of Seine-et-Marne supports Bruno Retailleau for the election at the head of the party (first round on May 17 and 18) and ensures that the position of the latter “Is not that of Fillon”. “The aggressor is Russia and it is Mr. Putin”said the minister on Friday, March 7 during a trip to Orleans. Farm on the merits, the Rebléeau candidate avoids on the form of directly condemning the words of the one of which he was the campaign director for the 2017 presidential election.

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