Interviewed by Marc Fauvelle on France info this Wednesday, March 9, 2022, Alexis Corbière gave details of the weapons that France delivered to the Ukrainian army. classified information “top secret”which the member of the National Commission for Defense and the Armed Forces should not have revealed.
Alexis Corbière would have made a monumental blunder in the emission of Marc Fauvelle and Salhia Brakhlia on France info this Wednesday, March 9, 2022 ? The deputy of La France Insoumise de Seine-Saint-Denis quickly changed his mind after having spontaneously mentioned the content of French arms deliveries to Ukrainein the context of the conflict with Russia.
After asking him what he thought of the economic sanctions against Russia, Marc Fauvelle asked to the member of the National Commission for Defense and the Armed Forces if he thought that Jean-Luc Mélenchon could continue to deliver weapons to Ukraine in the event that he was elected to the Élysée in April 2022. “There is few of it, then spontaneously launched Alexis Corbière, referring to weapons. You talk about French arms, frankly it’s bulletproof vests and a few anti-tank missiles.”
Surprised by such a revelation on the part of the deputy of La France Insoumise, the journalist then revived him by asking him if he had “the list of weapons supplied by France”. “I sit on the defense and army committee and I don’t have to tell you”, then hastened to respond Alexis Corbière visibly embarrassed. The former adviser to Jean-Luc Mélenchon then remained evasive, saying that these famous arms deliveries to Ukraine “may look like this”. “I don’t know the details. It obviously looks like this. Anyway, don’t try to confuse me, that’s not the point, it is up to the French government to tell you things”he added.
As a reminder, the day after the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army, the Member States of the European Union had agreed to release 450 million euros for the delivery of arms to the besieged countrywithout the details of the weapons sent by each country being officially communicated, as recalled by the Huffington Post. Indeed, for the sake of keep secret the real needs of the Ukrainian army, it is preferable that this kind of information not be disclosed on the international scene, according to what explains The world.
Alexis Corbière denies having made a mistake
The national secretary of the Communist Party Fabien Roussel did not fail to react to the information disclosed by Alexis Corbière in front of the cameras. “The period is serious. It requires seriousness and a spirit of responsibility. We do not communicate on secret defense information”, he wrote in a tweet posted hours after the show aired.
Annoyed, Raquel Garrido’s husband replied in another tweet that he had not revealed anything secret: “My dear Fabien, I see that you still want to argue, I don’t. What I said this morning was banally already in the press. I do not have any “secret defense” information, and you should know that...”
My dear Fabien, I see that you still want to argue, I don’t.
What I said this morning was banal already in the press. I don’t have any “secret defense” information, and you should know it… #Peace https://t.co/O6jEL8L9aj— Alexis Corbiere (@alexiscorbiere) March 9, 2022
Photo credits: Franceinfo screenshot
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