Moscow was anything but indifferent to the results of the European elections, as the French President’s decision to call parliamentary elections and the success of the far right in countries on the old continent made headlines.
The tone that generally permeates the reports was quite happy given that Macron recently led the initiative to send Western forces to Ukraine.
Although, so far, pro-European parties have maintained their leading position, over time the right-wing parties will show their teeth,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the results in the EU.
In turn, the head of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, commented on Telegram that “Macron and Soltz they are stuck in the chair with all the strength they have left.
“The right thing would be for them to resign and stop mocking their citizens,” added Volodin, who has presided over the lower house of the Russian parliament since 2016 and is one of the people closest to Putin.
According to Volodin, the electoral results in both France and Germany are not surprising, given that “the economy is stagnant, there is a migration crisis and the countries are involved in a war in Ukraine against their own national interests.”
They reject you because of Ukraine
O kiss close by In the Kremlin, analyst Sergey Markov linked the French result to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“I hope Macron understands that the French reject him because he is fomenting war against Russia in Ukraine,” joked Markov, who is also a former Kremlin adviser.
In its own post-election analysis, Russian state news agency TASS concluded that European citizens “have spoken out against Brussels’ direction, but will not be heard.”
“Under Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission will continue to take ‘unpopular steps’, such as EU accession negotiations with Ukraine, and look for new ways to impose sanctions on Russia, the TASS article adds.
The Russian blogosphere rejoices
For its part, RT (Russia Today) notes: “Parties opposing sanctions in Russia gain ground in EU elections,” reports RT, which has been blocked from airwaves in Europe.
He does not forget to point out that Macron’s political rival, Marine Le Pen, opposes the prospect of Ukraine using Western weapons to carry out attacks on Russian soil and has spoken out against the sanctions.
As for the Russian blogosphere, there is talk of a “weakening of the anti-Russian bloc” in the EU.
For example, Rybar, a prominent military blogger with more than a million followers on Telegram, warns darkly that far-right parties in Europe will face “a new round of repression and pressure.”
“There was no revolution either”
“Some, in the context of growing discontent with support for Ukraine, will be accused of sympathizing with Russia and some will be prosecuted,” Rybar wrote, alluding to the recent Russiagate scandal involving far-right politicians in Germany.
“And this is just the beginning,” adds Rybar.
There are also slightly more specific interpretations
“There was no revolution at all,” writes the think tank Russia in Global Affairs, which acts as an advisor to the Kremlin on foreign policy, on Telegram.
But he added: “Macron placed the Ukrainian issue and the promise to intervene militarily at the center of his election campaign…
The results show that this did not excite voters.”
With information from Politico