French presidential candidate Marin Le Pen said she would promote closer ties between NATO and Russia if elected. At a news conference, Le Pen called for a "strategic reconciliation" between Russia and NATO at the end of the war in Ukraine, as reported by Ynet.
Le Pen added that she intends to remove France from NATO's military command if she wins the election, but would continue to respect the mutual protection clause in the NATO Convention, according to which an attack on one nation is the same as an attack on all member states.