Eight Renaissance deputies called for the opening of a commission of inquiry in the Assembly on the possible “Russian financing” of French parties, after the disclosure of declassified US information reporting several hundred million euros paid by Russia in various countries.
In a press release published this Saturday, these deputies from the presidential party refer to a letter sent the day before to the president of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, in which they justify the instruction of such an investigation “as regards the seriousness of the facts” and so that the established information can “be made known to French citizens and to our justice”.
It is a question, they detail, of “knowing if the French political parties -and which ones- have benefited from Russian financing.” They cite “positions taken in favor of Russia by various prominent French political leaders”, as well as “loans taken out to finance electoral campaigns and whose sums are still owed many years later” or even “the appointment in Russian companies of former French parliamentarians and ministers”. .
The National Group responds by proposing an investigation into the links of the majority with China
On Friday, the National Group, which refutes the majority accusations of dependence on Russian power, also announced that on Monday it will present a resolution to create an investigation commission in the Assembly. Its role, according to the RN, would be to “precise the nature of the links between certain elected representatives of the presidential majority and Qatar”, “determine” the possible links between the majority and China and investigate “what resembles a true legislature” . co-production between the presidential party and the American giants Amazon, Microsoft, Google or even Uber”.
According to a declassified US intelligence document made public on September 13, Russia has paid several hundred million euros to political parties in various countries since 2014 with the aim of increasing its influence and influencing the polls.
Source: BFM TV
