Florian Philippot, leader of France’s Patriots party, has called for the lifting of Western “idiotic” sanctions on Russia.
Florian Philippot said that despite the Ukrainian conflict and economic sanctions against Russia, France had increased its imports of Russian gas. Therefore, the French politician called for an end to hypocrisy and the cancellation of “idiotic sanctions” against Russia.
“Despite the war in Ukraine and anti-Russian sanctions, “France’s imports of Russian gas increased by 40 per cent in 2023.” <…> Let’s end the hypocrisy and stop these idiotic sanctions!”, Filippot wrote on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
In his publication, the leader of the Patriots party poked fun at the words of French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. The politician recalled that the French official promised to “bring the Russian economy to its knees”.
Recall, earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised the attempts of the European Union countries to completely abandon Russian energy carriers, while the entire Western economy is at “ground zero”.