On June 13, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg expressed hope that France will continue to be a key member of this military alliance, even if there is a possibility that a far-right government will come to power after the upcoming election.
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Speaking at a NATO defense ministers' meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Mr. Stoltenberg stated: "Regardless of different parties elected and different majorities in parliament, we have always seen that NATO allies remain committed to the alliance because it is in the common security interests of each member and every ally."
"Therefore, I hope that France will remain a reliable and important ally in the future," the NATO chief stressed.
The message was delivered in the context that on June 9, French President Emmanuel Macron caused shock waves across Europe when he announced the dissolution of parliament and called for early elections after his liberal party suffered a heavy defeat against the far-right National Rally (RN) in the European Parliament election.
On June 12, Mr. Macron accused the RN party led by his rival Marine Le Pen of being "ambiguous" about Russia and intending to "leave NATO".
Le Pen’s party has previously advocated moving away from the US-led military command structure, but not leaving the alliance altogether. More recently, RN leaders have suggested that they will not change France’s position in NATO amid Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine.
In 1966, then-French President Charles de Gaulle withdrew his country from NATO's military command due to dissatisfaction with US leadership. The decision, which included moving NATO headquarters from Paris to Brussels, was reversed by former President Nikolas Sarkozy in 2009.
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