The French President, interviewed by the Journal du Dimanche, reiterates Paris’ position on the Ukraine conflict. On the subject of European rearmament, he specifies that it is a “deterrence” strategy and that Kiev needs “a military offensive that will disrupt the Russian front in order to bring about a return to negotiations” for the Elysée owner.
Emmanuel Macron want that Kyiv prevail in the conflict against the Russiabut at the same time reiterates, as he had already done for the past few months, that he does not want it humble. And most importantly, that the end of the war will not be in the offing Militarybut under the street from diplomacy. “I want the defeat of Russia In Ukraine and I want that Ukraine I can defend my position, but I’m convinced that it won’t end in the end military – noted the French President in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche. -. I don’t think, like some, that we need to destroy it completely Russia, attack it on its territory. This was never the position of France and never will be”. Then the owner of Elysium emphasizes: “What is needed today is this Ukraine lead a military offensive disrupting the Russian front line in order to bring about a return to Russia negotiated“. A position that has also been brought to the table by players in recent weeks United States. According to the New York Times, an attack on Russian bases is underway Crimea it may actually undermine Moscow’s belief in controlling it, thus bolstering its weight Kyiv in future negotiations with Putin. A necessary strategy for macronbecause “neither side will be able to achieve complete victory” since “the impact of mobilization are not as important as expected and the Russia itself has capacity limitations.
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On the possibility of a weakening of Wladimir Putin during the war, macron wonders whether “we really believe that a Solution democratically emerge after these years from the Russian civil society present on site Put on and in full conflict. And every other option within the current system except Wladimir Putin I think it’s worse.” Comment on the front of the instead European strategywhere the President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen urges “double military aid a Kyiv“, macron – return from security conference and from the meeting of the countries of the G7 To monk – emphasizes that “what we do is deterrence through a European rearmament. In Europenot be reduced to the purchase of weapons. We also need to be able to produce them and build our security architecture without having to do it delegate to others, to American or hey Chinese. The more Europe has, the easier it will be to respect itself weapons. It is also a way to speed up the European component of the Born“. For the French President, Europeans “must build this sovereignty European which, uniquely, will ensure ours independence It’s ours Security”. The topic of weapons and ammunition production in Europe It has become crucial in recent weeks with the alerting of the NATO secretary Jens Stoltenberg to deplete stocks, which also aims to urge the countries of the Atlantic Alliance to conclude agreements with military industry to increase war production, at a particularly delicate and “crucial” moment for the development of the conflict. Incidentally, where also i delivery time they doubled.