French Deputies Adopt Resolution Declaring "Wagner" a Terrorist Organization

The French newspaper "Politico" reported that the French National Assembly voted today to classify the Russian paramilitary group "Wagner" as a terrorist organization. Approximately 331 deputies in the parliament voted in favor of the resolution, but the newspaper noted that "this decision is considered non-binding." Lawmakers called on the European Union to add "Wagner" to its list of terrorist entities. Deputy Benjamin Haddad from the Renaissance party, who drafted the resolution, stated that adding Wagner to the EU's terrorism list would hinder financial transfers to the group and serve as a "political and symbolic message."