Greenpeace France has released a scathing report accusing France of indirectly supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine through continued trade in fossil fuels, fertilizers, and nuclear materials. The NGO highlights a stark contrast between public declarations of solidarity with Ukraine and economic practices that benefit the Kremlin.<\/p>\n
Greenpeace\u2019s report<\/a>, titled Business is Business: La France complice de l’effort de guerre russe (Business is business, France complicit in Russian war effort) highlights a stark contrast between public declarations of solidarity with Ukraine and economic practices that benefit the Kremlin.<\/p>\n While President Emmanuel Macron has pledged billions of euros in aid<\/a> to Ukraine and reaffirmed sanctions against Russia, Greenpeace reveals that France remains a major importer of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), fertilizers, and uranium.<\/p>\n In 2024, France became the largest European importer of Russian LNG, with imports increasing by 80 percent compared to 2023, according to the report.<\/p>\n These purchases amounted to \u20ac3.1 billion, benefiting Russian companies despite declining domestic gas consumption, says Greenpeace.<\/p>\n French MPs call for seizure of Russian assets in show of unity with Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n Strategic sectors<\/p>\n Read more on RFI English<\/a><\/p>\n Read also:
EU leaders hold emergency talks on defence and aid for Ukraine<\/a>
EU ministers push for joint defence fund to secure a more self-reliant Europe<\/a>
EU hits Russia with new sanctions ahead of high-stakes Paris summit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greenpeace France has released a scathing report accusing France of indirectly supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine through continued…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[12838,2000,299,36,12834,12840,12837,332,12836,12839,12835,335],"class_list":{"0":"post-19608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-economic-practices","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-greenpeace-france","13":"tag-president-emmanuel-macron","14":"tag-public-declarations","15":"tag-russia","16":"tag-sanctions-against-russia","17":"tag-scathing-report","18":"tag-solidarity-with-ukraine","19":"tag-war-in-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114337205790853301","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}