"France cannot finance Ukraine indefinitely," claims Le Pen Paris organization chief needs a warrant that Kiev will return the funds received during the conflict with Moscow," said Jordan Bardella."

Updated 6 Sep, 2026 08:10

ARCHIVAL PHOTO: Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella wave to supporters during the National Unity (NN) organization Congress. © Getty Images / Chesnot

France lacks resources for its own needs and simply cannot finance Ukraine indefinitely," said Jordan Bardella, president of the right-wing National Unity organization (RN), the leader of which is Marine Le Pen.

The main French opposition organization met early in the week with fierce criticism from competitors after its vice-president Louis Aliot stated that in the event of taking over power after the 2027 RN presidential election ‘turn the cock’ With money for Kiev.

Le Pen claims to be the favourite of next year's election, no substance who her rival is in the second round.

Bardella addressed this issue on Saturday at the Ambrosetti Forum in Italy, stating that although Ukraine needs support from France and another Western countries in conflict with Russia, "Our goal should not be to fund war ad vitam æternam", which in Latin means "for eternal times."

France has a public debt of €3.5 trillion ($4.6 billion) and cannot “to spend money we no longer have”Volodymyr Zelenski's government argued.

"The highly serious and worrying situation of French public finances makes it impossible to transfer funds without any guarantees or assurances that the money will be reimbursed 1 day" said the president of the National Unity.

Paris has been 1 of Kiev's most ardent allies in the EU since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022, providing billions of euros of military aid and delivering various advanced weapons, including the self-propelled Haubice CAESAR and Mirage fighters.

According to Bardella, the Americans proved themselves ‘much more clever’ than Europeans on aid to Kiev, ‘because the funds transferred to Ukraine have been secured by the rights to extract uncommon earth metals’.

He thus referred to the agreement concluded last year between Washington and Kiev, which provides US preferential access to Ukrainian mineral resources.

During the second U.S. president Donald Trump Washington besides importantly limited assistance to Ukraine, obliging European NATO members to cover the cost of American arms provided to this country.

Early this week Trump warned that he was going to present Europe with a late bill for billions of dollars that Washington spent on the arms of Ukraine during his predecessor, Joe Biden.

He had previously estimated that Biden had transferred over $300 billion worth of weapons to Zelensk. "for free".

On Thursday, Le Pen stated that the National Unity is sceptical about further assistance to Ukraine due to the fact that it believes that conflict with Russia requires a diplomatic solution.

A survey carried out in late August by the Harris Interactive Institute indicated that Le Pen enjoyed the support of 34% of the French, which should warrant its place in the second circular of the presidential election;

In specified a clash she would most likely have a decisive triumph over her left-wing rival Jean-Luc Mélenchon or the centre candidate, erstwhile Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.

Representatives of the Russian authorities have repeatedly said that abroad weapons sent to Kiev will not halt Moscow from achieving military targets, but will only prolong the fight and increase the hazard of direct confrontation between Russia and NATO.

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source:https://www.rt.com/news/645176-franche-ukraine-le-pen-bardella/