Emmanuel Macron has become for Moscow the image of the most intransigent and warmongering Europe towards Russia. And that is perhaps what the French president wanted, also for electoral purposes. After Thursday’s statements in which he announced the sending of fighter planes to Kiev and the desire to set up a “French brigade” in […]
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Emmanuel Macron has become for Fly the image of the most intransigent and warmongering Europe towards Russia. And that is perhaps what the French president wanted, also for electoral purposes. After Thursday’s statements in which he announced the sending of fighter planes in Kiev and the desire to establish a “French brigade” in Ukrainecomes the response from Kremlin through the mouth of the spokesperson Dmitry Peskov: Macron “declares that France is ready to participate directly in the conflict military in Ukraine,” are “very, very provocative” statements, they aggravate the escalation on the continent and they don’t lead to anything positive“.
The words of the head of the Elysée do not find unanimous support in Europe. And Italy is also among the countries most reluctant to be directly involved in the conflict. It is no coincidence that the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, reiterated that “Putin is carrying out electoral propaganda, we are in favor of respecting the independence of Ukraine but we will not send soldiers to Ukraine and we will not send weapons to Russian territory. Macron’s this is not Italy’s position, we don’t have to follow anyone. Escalation must be avoided. We are not at war with Russia. There are electoral campaigns and Putin is trying to divide Europe which is essentially united.”
Those who continue to raise the alarm about Putin’s desire to bring war to the heart of Europe, despite yet another denial from the Russian president and also from the NATO secretary, Jens Stoltenbergand obviously Volodymyr Zelensky that from the celebrations of D-Day in Normandy aims to bring home as many favorable agreements as possible in order to continue the resistance to the Russian advance. “Europe is no longer a continent of peace – he said – What is happening to Ukraine today it could happen to other countries tomorrow“. And she then thanked France “for being at our side to defend life”. The conflict in her country, he added a few hours before the European Commission made it official at the last minute that Kiev and Chisinau respect the standards required for EU membership, it is a turning point for the security and future of the entire continent: “It is in Ukraine that the key to the security of all of Europe lies. NATO’s eastern frontier cannot be interrupted by a gray zone outside the alliance.” Zelensky then guaranteed that “without control of Ukraine, Russia will remain a normal national state and not a colonial empire in constant search of new territories”.
