News Summary

• France has a national debt of €3.5 trillion ($4.6 billion) and cannot be “giving money that we no longer have” to Vladimir Zelensky’s government, Jordan Bardella said.
• Paris has been one of the strongest backers of Kiev in the EU after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022.
• Le Pen said on Thursday that the National Rally is skeptical about further assistance to Ukraine because it believes that the conflict with Russia needs a diplomatic solution.