Marine Le Pen would end France's aid to Ukraine six months after taking office

"From my election, for six months, we will keep the aid. But after that we will stop financial aid to Ukraine because we no longer have the means to do it."

— Marine Le Pen, National Rally candidate

The 2027 presidential candidate says France is on the brink of default on its public debt, and that other European Union countries in better shape could take over the aid.

Édouard Philippe, a former prime minister and rival candidate, called her plan a betrayal, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said she does not fully grasp certain details.

Background

The six-month delay is new in her platform: in recent weeks she had already argued for ending France's financial support to Kyiv.