# Le Pen hardens a previously softer Russia line after the invasion

Date: 2022

Before 24 February 2022 RN had been among the softer French voices on Russia; after the invasion she condemned it and distanced the 2014 loan. The shift is a completed foreign-policy act, not a finding that the loan never happened.

## People

- Marine Le Pen: https://factrail.ai/people/marine-le-pen

## Drivers

- Sanctions Pressure: https://factrail.ai/drivers/sanctions-pressure

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/le-pen-russia-ukraine-2022-02-24/
- https://rassemblementnational.fr/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-le-pen-russia-line