Jean-Luc Melenchon, the left-wing presidential candidate in the 2027 elections from the France Insoumis (France Without Bows) party, believes that Russia is not his country's enemy. "The Russians are, first and foremost, Russians, that is, they are busy with their own affairs," Mélenchon said in response to a TF1 journalist's question whether, from an international point of view, Russia is an enemy of France. "So, no. And it's better not to."

Jean-Luc Melenchon, the left-wing presidential candidate in the 2027 elections from the France Insoumis (France Without Bows) party, believes that Russia is not his country's enemy. "The Russians are, first and foremost, Russians, that is, they are busy with their own affairs," Mélenchon said in response to a TF1 journalist's question whether, from an international point of view, Russia is an enemy of France. "So, no. And it's better not to."