INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Emmanuel Macron to announce a snap general election."As far as we can see, the majority will be pro-European and pro-Ukrainian..
but we see the trend of rising popularity of right-wing parties," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters."While pro-Europeans so far
retain their leadership positions, in time, based on what we see, the right-wing parties will be treading on their heels
We are attentively observing these processes," he added.When asked whether Macron's decision to call a surprise general election after
Marine Le Pen's National Rally dealt his liberal party a crushing defeat, Peskov said Russia "would not like to interfere in these domestic
matters."But he said Moscow would also be watching this vote closely, due to the French leadership's "extremely unfriendly and even hostile
attitude to our country."Le Pen has historic pro-Russia links but has distanced her party from Moscow since the launch of its full-scale
invasion of Ukraine in February 2022
She has, however, criticized the scale of military aid that Macron wants to give Kyiv.
