“France shames us”: Yannick Jadot criticizes the sale of 80 Rafale to the United Arab Emirates – Franceinfo

A historic contract that makes people cringe. The environmental presidential candidate, Yannick Jadot, deplored, Friday, December 3, the sale of 80 Rafale fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates. “France shames us when it arms authoritarian regimes which despise human rights and whose wealth has been built on fossil fuels”, criticized Yannick Jadot on Twitter.

France shames us when it arms authoritarian regimes which despise human rights and whose wealth has been built on fossil fuels.
France will shine when its foreign policy is exemplary in the fight for freedom and climate justice. https://t.co/sBNvzCJcZi

– Yannick Jadot (@yjadot) December 3, 2021

“France will shine when its foreign policy is exemplary in the fight for freedom and climate justice”, he added. “Really nothing to be proud of!” NPA leader and far-left candidate Philippe Poutou also tweeted. “It is scandalous. But in the image of a business-like and cynical militarist capitalism”, he added, calling for “Prohibit the sale of arms and instead distribute drugs and vaccines for the populations of the countries of the South”.

The contract value for the 80 Rafale fighter jets and 12 Caracal helicopters sold to the United Arab Emirates amounts to 17 billion euros, said the Ministry of the Armed Forces to Franceinfo. It’s a “historic contract” who “cements a strategic partnership that is stronger than ever and directly contributes to regional stability”, greeted Minister Florence Parly in a press release.