Guest at the microphone of Radio J Sunday February 13, Yannick Jadot denounced the “complacency” of certain candidates for the presidential election towards Moscow and called the contender LR, Valérie Pécresse, to “clarifying relationships” with one of his supporters, François Fillon, member of the board of directors of the Russian petrochemical giant Sibur since December as well as of the Russian public company in the sector, Zaroubejneft. “It’s dramatic, a former Prime Minister of France and so much complacency, acquaintances, and interests with dictators”estimated Mr. Jadot.
“I did not hear Valérie Pécresse denounce the complacency, the complicity of François Fillon and other leaders” towards Russian President Vladimir Putin, he claimed
The disappointed LR candidate for the 2017 presidential election François Fillon, from whom Valérie Pécresse has taken campaign advice in recent weeks, was present at the candidate’s first major meeting this Sunday in Paris.
He denounces the “admiration” of the far right for Putin
Yannick Jadot also targeted his other competitors, wondering about the« admiration » far-right candidates Éric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen, or “in a very different mode” of the complacency of the candidate of the radical left Jean-Luc Mélenchon with regard to Vladimir Poutine, then “that at the same time, they [ces candidats] are more about withdrawing from the European Union or weakening the European Union”. In particular, he advocates a policy “unaligned” towards Russia and rather criticizes NATO on the Ukrainian dossier.
According to him, there is also a “ambiguity of the German Socialists vis-à-vis [du gazoduc] Nord Stream 2 because Gerhard Schröder has always been the ambassador of Russians and Russian interests in this matter”. He also called for the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, to dissociate himself on this subject. « de Gerhard Schroeder ». The former German chancellor is a longtime friend of Vladimir Putin and has been chairman of the board of Rosneft since 2017.
Yannick Jadot thus considers that it is necessary to guarantee “the defense of the values of the EU, of the democracies and of the countries that we must protect, and not according to Russian interests vis-à-vis which certain French political leaders are too complacent”.
In recent days, Emmanuel Macron has tried with Germany to mediate in the tensions around Ukraine which have been exacerbated. Washington insists on the risk of an invasion “Imminent” of Ukraine by Russia, which denies and accuses the United States of“hysteria” and says he doesn’t care about economic sanctions.