According to Renaissance deputies, it is “to know if French political parties – and which – have benefited from Russian funding”.
Le Monde with AFP
After the revelation of American declassified information reporting several hundred million euros paid by Russia in several countries, eight Renaissance deputies asked for the opening of a commission of inquiry in the National Assembly on possible “Russian funding” of French parties.
In a press release, published on Saturday September 24, these deputies of the presidential party refer to a letter addressed the day before to the president of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, in which they justify the education of such Investigation “In view of the gravity of the facts” and so that the information established can “be brought to the attention of French citizens and our justice”.
This is, they detail, “to know if French political parties – and which – have benefited from Russian funding”. They cite “positions in favor of Russia of several leading French political leaders”, as well as “loans contracted to finance electoral campaigns and whose sums are still due many years later” or ” appointment within Russian companies of former French parliamentarians and ministers “.
Several millions of euros paid
Friday, the National Rally (RN), which denies the accusations of the majority to depend on Russian power, had also announced that it would deposit a resolution on Monday in order to create a commission of inquiry in the Assembly . Its role, according to the RN, would be to “specify the nature of the links between certain elected officials of the presidential majority and Qatar”, to “determine” any links between the majority and China, and to investigate “what is similar to a real legislative co -production between the presidential party and the American giants Amazon, Microsoft, Google or Uber “.
According to an American intelligence document, made public on September 13, several hundred million euros have been paid since 2014 by Russia to political parties from several countries in order to increase its influence and weigh On the ballots.