France ‘should recognize’ Crimea as Russian territory

The leader of the French National
Front Party calls on Paris to recognize
Crimea as part of the Russian
Federation and mend its ties with
Moscow, amid tensions over the crisis
in Ukraine.
Marine
Le Pen made the remarks in a
Monday interview with the Polish weekly,
Do Rzeczy, saying there is no alternative
to recognizing the legality of Crimea’s
move.
The French party leader argued that the
Crimean people chose to become part of
Russia following an orchestrated “coup” in
February 2014, when, what she called,
“Neo-Nazi militants organized a
revolution in Ukraine.”
Le Pen continued by saying that the Black
Sea peninsula had no other alternative as
the “power in Kiev was illegal” at that
time, adding, “The authorities [in Kiev]
started to make decisions that would lead
to civil war.”
The French politician also urged President
Francois Hollande’s government to
mend ties with Russia, as the country “is
a natural ally of Europe.”