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Le Pen Promises France to Exit NATO Command by 2032

5/22/2026

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Marine Le Pen announced France will exit NATO’s integrated command before 2032 if she wins presidency.
She urged NATO to focus on combating Islamist fundamentalism.
Pierre-Romain Thionnet said France will keep eastern-flank duties, with troops in Romania and Estonia and Baltic air policing.
National Rally lawmakers abstained on an immediate-withdrawal proposal, with Le Pen calling Bardella’s suggestion to wait for the Ukraine war to end correct but not decisive.

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Marine Le Pen announced France will exit NATO’s integrated command before 2032 if she wins presidency.
She urged NATO to focus on combating Islamist fundamentalism.
Pierre-Romain Thionnet said France will keep eastern-flank duties, with troops in Romania and Estonia and Baltic air policing.
National Rally lawmakers abstained on an immediate-withdrawal proposal, with Le Pen calling Bardella’s suggestion to wait for the Ukraine war to end correct but not decisive.