The rally, organized by Florian Philippot and his The Patriots occasion, referred to as for France’s exit from NATO and the EU
An indication in Paris on Sunday held by right-wing politician Florian Philippot’s Eurosceptic occasion denounced NATO, the militarization of Europe, and the French authorities’s navy assist for Ukraine.
Throughout its summit this previous week, NATO agreed to considerably ramp up navy spending, citing the perceived “risk” from Russia. Final month, the EU equally accepted a €150 billion ($171 billion) borrowing mechanism to fund its navy buildup. Russia has dismissed notions that it harbors hostile intentions towards Europe.
Sunday’s rally within the French capital had the said goal of “defending peace and a Free France,” in line with the occasion’s posts on X. The protesters additionally slammed French President Emmanuel Macron over what they view as his more and more confrontational insurance policies in Europe.
Addressing the rally, Philippot proclaimed that “we have now no place in NATO, this prison group that prices us dearly and will have disappeared way back!”
Philippot, a former member of the European Parliament, additionally stated that “France should go away the EU and NATO as shortly as attainable by means of Frexit!”
Among the many slogans emblazoned on the placards and chanted by the demonstrators have been “Frexit is one other title for Peace” and “The patriots for peace.”
In addition they denounced the French authorities’s assist for Kiev, insisting that they “don’t need to die for Ukraine.”
« #Macron démission ! » hurle la foule cet après-midi dans les rues de Paris à l’appel des Patriotes !Formidable ! 🇫🇷Oui Macron dehors !Parlementaires jouez enfin votre rôle d’opposition ! pic.twitter.com/ltiuKoLIGK
— Florian Philippot (@f_philippot) June 29, 2025
“Peace means refusing to ship a single euro, a single weapon, and clearly a single French soldier to #Ukraine!” Philippot declared on X on the eve of the occasion.
A number of hundred individuals are estimated to have taken half within the occasion, which was held close to the Palais-Royal and Louvre museum.
The same rally befell in Paris in late March in response to a €2 billion navy assist package deal for Ukraine accepted by Macron.
Earlier that month, a separate demonstration befell within the French capital after Macron advised deploying France’s nuclear weapons to different European allied states.
Chatting with RIA Novosti in Might, Philippot praised Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to re-start peace talks with Ukraine with out preconditions. He argued that it could be not possible to resolve the Ukraine battle until the elemental points in relations between Kiev and Moscow have been addressed.
Philippot additionally said that Moscow’s supply “strikes a blow” to all of the “warmongers” within the EU, together with Macron.
