Europe 1 7:08 p.m., April 13, 2022

During the presentation of Marine Le Pen's diplomatic project for the presidential election, an environmental activist held up a sign in the shape of a heart, with a photo of the candidate shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, before being violently expelled by the order department.

RN candidate Marine Le Pen presented the main points of her diplomatic project on Wednesday, if she wins the presidential election.

But during the press conference in Paris, an environmental activist present in the audience held up a sign in the shape of a heart, with a photo of the candidate shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The young woman was then tackled to the ground, before being dragged and then expelled from the room by the security service.

The former Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, also relayed the video on Twitter.

At @MLP_officiel, the inconvenient truth is taken out of the room by pulling it by the feet. #StopLePenpic.twitter.com/BnHzAI77yo

— Christophe Castaner (@CCastaner) April 13, 2022

Marine Le Pen refused to respond to another activist

Pauline, the activist from the Ibiza collective, said she wanted to denounce the proximity between the RN candidate and the Russian president.

"Marine Le Pen's diplomacy is to be complacent with dictators," she said on BFMTV, a few minutes after her expulsion.

"Let's continue our conference", reacted Marine Le Pen at the time of the expulsion of the activist, in the hubbub of the room.

While another activist asks him a question, the RN candidate claims not to have heard, and asks him what media does he work for.

"Excuse me, I don't know who you are, but you are a provocateur, and therefore, I have other things to do than answer you", adds Marine Le Pen, who then mentions ending the conference Press.

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An exit from NATO's integrated command

In a speech lasting more than an hour, Marine Le Pen had time to detail her foreign policy plan.

The candidate insisted on the establishment of a diplomacy that defends national interests above all, and she wants France to once again become a power of balance.

"I will put back at the heart of my diplomatic action the return of the traditional values ​​of French diplomacy: independence, equidistance, and consistency", detailed the candidate of the National Rally.

The MP for Pas-de-Calais added that France could be "useful in settling the great disorders of the world if, and only if, it is independent. This is one of the reasons that will make me leave the integrated command of NATO."

His relations with Putin?

A false trial, defends Le Pen

Marine Le Pen promotes strategic independence, which according to her would make it possible to deal as equals with the United States, but also with China or Russia.

The candidate also proposes a rapprochement between NATO and Moscow as soon as the Ukrainian conflict ends.

"As soon as the Russian-Ukrainian war is over and has been settled by a peace treaty, I will speak out in favor of the implementation of a strategic rapprochement between NATO and Russia, as was once envisaged" said Marine Le Pen.

The RN candidate indicated that this position, according to her, was "the interest of France and Europe, but also of the United States".

Asked about her relations with Vladimir Poutine, Marine Le Pen denounced a false trial that could also be brought against Emmanuel Macron, taking as an example the receptions of the head of the Kremlin by the President of the Republic in Versailles in 2017 or in Brégançon in 2019 .