French presidential candidate proposes withdrawing from NATO in election platform
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Jean-Luc Melenchon also called for rejecting the US demand to devote 5% of gross domestic product to defense spending
PARIS, November 6. /TASS/. The left-wing France Unbowed party’s 2027 presidential candidate, Jean-Luc Melenchon, has proposed gradually withdrawing from NATO and rejecting the US demand that France spend 5% of its gross domestic product on defense, the European news outlet Politico reported, citing the party’s election platform.
"Withdraw from NATO’s integrated military command immediately, then gradually leave the alliance itself. Reject the US demand to devote 5% of gross domestic product to defense spending," the document says. France would nevertheless continue to assist EU member states in accordance with its treaty obligations, the publication reported.
Jean-Luc Melenchon, unlike Marine Le Pen of the right-wing National Rally party, does not call for ending aid to Kiev in his party’s platform, but insists that the conflict must be resolved through diplomacy.