Marine Le Pen says she is ready to meet Zelensky

French far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Friday she would be willing to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels.

Le Pen said Brussels would be an appropriate location because funding for Ukraine was “currently shaking Europe”. She made the comment after previously saying she would cut financial aid to Kyiv if elected.

Le Pen told Belgian television network VRT that she would maintain aid for six months if she became president, but that financial aid would then stop because France did not have the money.

Zelensky said last month that Ukraine had a “win-win” defence cooperation with France. France is one of Ukraine's strongest military supporters as Kyiv fights Russia's invasion launched in 2022, and it backs European Union financial aid to Ukraine.