As Marine Le Pen loses the runoff of the French presidential election on Sunday, the chances of Russian President Putin, getting a major geopolitical partner in the West dwindles.

Le Pen has been an admirer of Putin, she even visited him for the presidency in 2017.

She wants France to leave the integrated command of the latter.

And she has always been critical in analyzing France’s commitments to the EU and NATO.

Moving along such lines would be consistent with Putin’s geopolitical ambitions of severing Western alliances and partnerships, which he sees as existential threats to Russia.

Putin might have had a future for alliances and collaborations with EU and NATO, if Le Pen had won.

Le Pen reversed her backing for Putin when Russia invaded Ukraine.

Yet, she stated she wanted France to lead a “strategic reconciliation” between Russia and NATO once the war in Ukraine concluded.

Given the West’s fury and solidarity in response to the Kremlin’s invasion, it’s improbable that the two sides would ever find common ground.

Previously, her party decided to take out a loan from a Russian-Czech bank several years ago, which almost certainly cost her votes.