Politics
Half of French voters back candidates who want out of NATO
With Le Pen and Mélenchon both opposing the alliance, and Washington scaling back, Paris could repeat its 1966 withdrawal from NATO command
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Marie-Agnes Strack Zimmermann
chair of the defence committee, European Parliament
What we have reported
- Said only the enemies of freedom would gain from a French withdrawal.
- Described the von der Leyen-Kallas rivalry as evident and rooted in an unclearly balanced division of competences.
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Politics
EU foreign policy chiefs clash over Iran response as institutional rivalry deepens
Ursula von der Leyen and Kaja Kallas issued competing statements within minutes as Tehran came under attack, exposing a long-running power struggle between the Commission and the External Action Service.
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