National Rally has been playing defense since a media story revived accusations of ties to Moscow.
France’s far-right National Rally says a new report on Russian interference in French democracy is part of a “cabal” against the movement, after a Washington Post investigation revealed Moscow’s efforts to promote “political discord” in France and undermine support for Ukraine through “political figures and social media accounts.”
“Let’s be serious, this is a cabal,” National Rally MP and spokesperson Laurent Jacobelli said in a radio interview on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper’s report, which quotes Kremlin documents, insufficiently lists its sources and unfairly draws ties between Russian troll farms and France’s main far-right political force.
“This is more akin to gratuitous accusations than journalistic work,” he added.
Step 1. Russia admits it’s losing the war in Ukraine… Continue to send Russian men to the meat grinder because Putin gonna Putin.
Step 2. Make tentative pacts with Iran, North Korea, and China (On the down-low) to provide equipment and continue funding the war.
Step 3. Apply leverage to compromised GOP assets to halt U.S. war funding.
Step 4. Supply Iran with Intelligence gained from compromised and twice-impeached U.S. President Donald Trump about how to attack Israel, and convince them to provide that to Hamas to provoke a war.
Step 5. Continue back-channelling with China to increase threats or even encourage invasion of Taiwan.
Step 6. Hope that the U.S. has to use war funds to choose between protecting Taiwan, supporting Israel or supporting Ukraine.
Step 7. Ramp up support for far-right candidates in key Ukraine-supporting allies elections, including U.S. France and Germany.
Step 8. Attempt to win war of attrition against Ukraine as funding/manpower dries up for Ukraine.
Agreed. If it’s working, they have no reason to stop. We need those with good bullshit filters to increase in number.
Spot on! Malcom Nance does a great job explaining this in his book “The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West”
The far right is once again crying bc their crimes have been documented.
their crimes have been documented.
Some of their crimes. Like the orange menace, crime for them is natural so we can’t possibly keep up with all of them.
The world ‘cabal’ has antisemitic origins. It is derived from the Jewish mystical practice of kabbalah, which was a way Jews were accused of witchcraft. I’m sure the National Rally knows that.
Hmm. Never knew this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
“Let’s be serious, this is a cabal,” National Rally MP and spokesperson Laurent Jacobelli said in a radio interview on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper’s report, which quotes Kremlin documents, insufficiently lists its sources and unfairly draws ties between Russian troll farms and France’s main far-right political force.
The WaPo investigation says Kremlin strategists were tasked with delivering talking points to unnamed political figures to stress the alleged negative consequences of sanctions against Russia on the French economy.
The National Rally’s presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said as early as 2022 that the sanctions “serve no purpose other than to make the people of Europe suffer.” Last summer she deemed arms deliveries to Ukraine “irresponsible,” and asked French President Emmanuel Macron to “focus on organizing a peace conference.”
Ahead of the 2024 European Parliament election in France, where the National Rally is currently projected to finish first, the movement announced that it had paid off in full a loan from Russian company Aviazapchast S.A. National Rally opponents had long flagged the loan as a sign of the party’s ties with Russia; during the 2022 presidential runoff debate, Macron told Le Pen that she “talks to (her) banker” when she speaks with Russia.
“It’s no longer a surprise: the Washington Post shows, with evidence, that the National Rally is indeed the Kremlin’s mouthpiece in France,” Macron’s Renaissance party said on X, formerly known as Twitter, shortly after the paper’s story was published.
Party spokesperson Loic Signor also shared an AI-altered clip of Le Pen’s new year address, showing a deepfake of the three-time presidential candidate speaking Russian.
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learned a new word in both english and french today
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