Archived copy is here: https://archive.is/DqZ6m

The article says this:

“Immediately withdraw from NATO’s integrated command and then, in stages, from the organization itself. Reject the tribute demanded by the United States of 5% of GDP devoted to defense spending,” read France Unbowed’s 222-page program.

However, France under Mélenchon would still provide assistance to European Union countries under EU treaties, the document added

Is Melenchon right? Is it better for the EU to be the organisation of mutual defence guarantees for Europe, rather than NATO?

  • LewdLemon@sh.itjust.works
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    Lemmy summarise:

    • The far right wants to “normalise” relations with Russia and weaken cooperation within, if not leave the EU, thus emboldening Russian aggression.
    • The far left wants to abandon any meaningful deterrence and leave NATO, thus emboldening Russian aggression.

    Could it be that both get their talking points from the same source, along with their funding…?

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      Russia doesn’t really care for their ideologies, the only important thing for Russia is that these parties weaken their home nations and destroy European cooperation. Those two things are crucial for them to be able to dominate Europe, as they stand no chance against a united Europe.

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        It’s called Campism. They take the side of anyone opposing the US even if those countries are objectively shit. It’d be one thing if they had a “the enemy of my enemy” attitude but they go full apologist instead. Russia has a Far Right nationalist government run by a dictator with a Far Right Ultra Nationalist powerbase but people will pretend they are the spitting image of Leftism in a way that even the USSR was not.

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            That’s a bizarre theory, I can’t imagine two ideologies being more dramatically different than anarchy and monarchy

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              It should be, but then you meet real people and some of them are insane reactionaries with no consistency. Especially if they have an authoritarian lean it’s easy to jump from lefty authoritarian to right after they simply changed who they blame for all the problems

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      Uhm, probably. Both lepen and the far left dude are known to have Russian money connections.