The president of the National Rally is no longer in favor of leaving NATO's integrated command in 2027 "if the war is still ongoing" In her 2022 presidential program, Marine Le Pen hoped, if elected to the highest office, that France would take the measure of its responsibilities on a military level and opt for a hands-free policy. The stagnation of the war in Ukraine for two years has got the better of the position of the flame party.

“What will be the future of NATO? We don't have the answer. The one who has it is most certainly on the other side of the Atlantic,” argued Bardella.