Florian Filippo, leader of the French right-wing Patriots party, said French authorities forced businesses to leave Russia, but the French did not boycott companies that remained in the Russian Federation. Transmits words DEA News.
The politician noted that the reason for the departure of French companies from Russia was purely political. According to him, Renault can and would like to stay in Russia. Filippo reminded that Russia is the second market in the world for this company.
According to the leader of the Patriots party, there was no public pressure on the French business community and none of the country’s citizens demanded Renault exit the Russian market.
“We see that Auchan and Leroy Merlin are staying in Russia and no one in France has stopped going to these stores, the French are not boycotting them. There was no pressure from the public, the pressure came only from the authorities,” he said.
Formerly Florian Filippo expression The view that the Europeans leaving the Russian market can be replaced by China and the USA. According to him, the Russian Federation can become more self-sufficient than before.