Emmanuel Macron has called for a parliamentary vote on France’s military support for Ukraine as he attempts to put the spotlight on the far-right’s muddled positions on Russia.
Building on a series of hawkish interventions on European security ahead of EU elections, the French president’s move in effect forces both houses of parliament to take a stance on the country’s defence accord with Kyiv.
Macron’s gambit aims to remind voters of Marine Le Pen’s past proximity to Vladimir Putin in an attempt to blunt her surge in the polls, where her far right Rassemblement National party is 12 points ahead of his centrist alliance.
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