MPs from France’s far-left party have set their sights on NATO, targeting the United States and its leadership role.
A senior lawmaker from Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise party has introduced a draft resolution calling for France to begin planning a full withdrawal from the US-led military alliance.
Clémence Guetté, vice president of the French National Assembly, announced the move publicly, claiming that NATO as an organization is designed to serve Washington D.C.’s interests rather than Europe’s sovereignty. Her comments reflect growing fractures inside Europe over America’s role as the backbone of Western security.
Guetté pointed to a series of recent US actions she described as destabilizing and imperial in nature. Among them were Washington D.C.’s posture toward Venezuela, its unwavering backing of Israel in Gaza, and renewed American pressure over Greenland.
At the center of the far-left party’s move is the dramatic US operation in early January that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. As The Gateway Pundit has previously reported, the Trump administration announced the pair would be transported to New York to face charges related to narcotics trafficking and national security threats.
Caracas denounced the operation and rushed to the United Nations demanding an emergency session. Venezuela’s Supreme Court quickly installed Vice President Delcy Rodríguez as interim president, signaling a regime attempting to hold together amid outside pressure.
While many American national-conservatives view the Maduro arrest as long-overdue accountability for a hostile regime, European leftists see it as proof that the United States acts unilaterally without regard for international institutions. That resentment is now being directed against NATO itself.
Guetté also cited President Donald Trump’s renewed push to bring Greenland under U.S. control as evidence of American expansionism. Trump has repeatedly argued that the Arctic island is vital to US national security in an era of great power competition with China and Russia.
The idea has triggered outrage in Copenhagen, who insist the territory is not for sale. Danish leaders have warned Washington D.C. against any attempt to move on the arctic territory.
Tensions further escalated after a senior White House-linked figure shared an image depicting Greenland overlaid with the American flag and labeled “immediately.” Danish officials called the gesture disrespectful and inflammatory.
Trump has appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as a special envoy for Greenland. Landry, for his part, has reaffirmed the Trump administration’s strategic objective of bringing the island into the American orbit, catching European leaders off guard.
Denmark’s foreign minister and prime minister both expressed alarm, while Greenland’s leadership reiterated its autonomy. The episode has fed into a broader European narrative that the US treats allies as junior partners rather than equals.
For the far-left La France Insoumise, these developments are the “final straw” in a long-running campaign against NATO. The party has argued for years that the alliance outlived its purpose with the end of the Cold War.
LFI leaders claim NATO’s expansion into the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Libya has fueled chaos rather than stability. They claim the alliance as a tool of American power projection rather than collective defense.
The newly proposed resolution, if it passes, would begin with France exiting NATO’s integrated military command, followed by preparations for a full withdrawal. Party officials argue this would shield France from potential U.S. retaliation while restoring national independence.
For American national-conservatives, the backlash reveals something they’ve seen—and resented—for a while. Western European elites demanding US protection while resenting its leadership. NATO’s security umbrella has allowed countries like France to underinvest in defense and maintain a robust social welfare net while criticizing the hand that feeds them.
Washington, meanwhile, continues to shoulder the burden of global security, whether confronting hostile regimes, countering rival powers, or securing strategic territory. The French left’s move reveals just how fractured the alliance has become.
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