Marine Le Pen To BBC: You’re Trying To Start World War III With Russia

Marine Le Pen to BBC: “if you’re trying to say that Russia is a military danger to European countries, I think you’re mistaken in your analysis.”

"The previous American administration put the Berlin Wall on wheels and pushed it back to Russia’s borders" – Marine Le Pen #newsnight pic.twitter.com/PdT17lRc7x

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) March 28, 2017

Marine Le Pen on U.S. policy toward Russia:

“The previous American administration put the Berlin Wall on wheels and pushed it back to Russia’s borders.”

Marine Le Pen on if France would defend the Ukraine against an invasion from Russia:

“You want war at all costs! What is your problem? You want to go to war! Do you like war? You want conflicts – you want us to start World War Three!”

“At the moment no one wants to go to war with anyone.”

“I’m happy to go into all the hypotheses, but no one is going to war with anyone – no one wants to go to war with anyone else.”

“There was a territorial conflict with Ukraine – these things happen.”

“Now it has to be resolved diplomatically, and I think France’s voice has weight as long as France is France, not a region of the EU.”

“Honestly, if you’re trying to say that Russia is a military danger to European countries, I think you’re mistaken in your analysis.”

Marine Le Pen on her support of Vladimir Putin:

“There’s Russia, which doesn’t deserve to be treated with prejudice. It hasn’t led any campaigns against European countries, or the US.”

“What I notice is that Putin’s government must be pretty popular with Russians, given that it is constantly being reelected.”

Regarding the end of the European Union, Le Pen said:

“The EU is almost already over – rather than waiting for it’s chaotic collapse, I suggest we organise its transformation to a Europe of nations while respecting the wishes of the European people.”

“The EU is shining with the light of a dead star.”