MOSCOW (Sputnik) — France’s National Front (FN) party leader Marine Le Pen said Paris may recognize Crimea as Russia should she become president of the country.
"Well, I see a quite clear and even quite credible possibility that France could recognize Crimea — that's if I am President of the Republic," Le Pen told the RT television channel in an interview released Friday.
The politician stressed that her party was against introduction of anti-Russia sanctions.
"From the very start when these sanctions were announced, we spoke out against them in the strongest possible terms. There's never been a debate," she added.
The European Union has imposed several rounds of sanctions against Moscow after a 2014 referendum in which over 96 percent of the Crimean population voted to leave Ukraine for Russia. The West and Kiev did not recognize the results of the referendum.
The French National Assembly voted 55-44 to adopt a resolution that called on the administration of President Francois Hollande to scrap sanctions against Russia. It was opposed by the country's government and lawmakers from the parliamentary majority.
