Macron Aides Say Le Pen Would Isolate France by Cutting Ukraine Aid

The warning, relayed to BFMTV on Sunday, came a day after Macron wrote on X that those who want to “ration” Ukraine’s resources seek to force “an unjust peace.” Aides said helping Ukraine defend itself also protects France and the French people.

Aides Warn of Isolation

“If Marine Le Pen decides to cut off everything to Ukraine, she will isolate us in Europe. She is acting against France,” Macron’s aides said, according to BFMTV.

They argued that most funding for Ukraine is European and that French help is mainly operational. A cutoff in Paris, they said, would not end the war but would sideline France.

“Our partners expect better of France,” the aides said, adding that European governments were already uneasy about “candidates who spend their time trashing Ukraine.”

They also recalled photographs of Le Pen at the Kremlin and her use of Russian bank loans to finance a past campaign.

Le Pen Plans to Halt Funding

Le Pen, the National Rally frontrunner for France’s 2027 presidential election, has said that if she wins she would end financial aid to Ukraine after six months.

A recent poll put her ahead of the field, as Clash Report reported.

On Friday she said she was ready to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels, French media reported. Macron’s camp described her stance to France Inter as “unpatriotic and unrealistic.”

Le Pen has previously warned that the war could escalate into a NATO conflict or become a “Hundred Years’ War.”

Aides Accuse Washington and Salvini

The same aides accused the Trump administration of abandoning Ukraine and of having “chosen to maximize the chances of the stronger side, namely Russia.”

That charge follows Macron’s comment in Dublin on Thursday that there is “no more U.S. support” for Ukraine.

They also compared Le Pen to Italy’s Matteo Salvini. “Salvini wants to stab the Ukrainians in the back, just like Marine Le Pen,” the aides said, adding, “These people are acting against us.”

Macron Defends Winter Aid

In his Saturday message, Macron said limiting Ukraine’s means was “the spirit of defeat” and “the recipe for the next war,” adding that this “cannot be France’s position.”

He said Russia was betting on winter strikes against civilians and infrastructure. Europe’s first priority, he added, was to help Ukraine get through the winter with shelters, generators and air defenses.

Aides told BFMTV that France should back Ukraine “in the best way” as Russia intensifies the war, including with “missiles produced in quantity” and drones that are “ever harder to intercept.”

Macron also said Saturday that Russia was “falling back in the Donbas” even as Moscow tried to “wreak havoc with winter.”