Filippo the politician urged to reject the "insane" proposal of the head of the European Commission on Ukraine

France should reject the insane proposal of the head of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen on Ukraine. This was announced on March 4 by the leader of the French Patriots party, Florian Philippot.

"So what should we do? Send tens of billions of euros to the bank? Should I send you a weapon that we don't have anymore? Should I give von der Leyen a mandate to use our country's savings? For what?" he wrote on his page on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

Philippot suggested that France withdraw from the European Union (EU) and start peace talks with Russia and The USA as an independent state.

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On the same day Von der Leyen announced the beginning of the "era of rearmament" in Europe. She presented a plan consisting of five key points. The first point involves unblocking government funding for defense at the country level. The second one includes a proposal to provide the EU member states with loans in the amount of €150 billion for investments in defense.

The remaining points of the plan focus on using the EU budget and mobilizing private capital, which will be achieved through accelerated savings and investments, as well as with the help of the European Investment Bank.