Insist on something talk to Putin“Even if it is very difficult, even if it is sometimes ineffective” to “prepare for peace”: otherwise “they will be non-Europeans to create peace in Europe”. Continue to send arms to “help the Ukrainians as much as possible”, but keep “a red line, which is that of do not engage in co-warfare“. And “talk to our partners in the Gulf, in India, in China to avoid one fracture of the world“. It is the intentions of European foreign policy that the French President Emmanuel Macron Spur in a joint interview with a newspaper of his country, a German and an Italian, Corriere della Sera. A diplomatic line coupled with this one was expressed in the same hours Olaf Scholz: “I’m doing everything to avoid an escalation with NATO that could lead to a third world war,” says the German chancellor in Der Spiegel in anticipation of an interview entitled “There must be no nuclear war.” “It is very important to evaluate each step very carefully and to coordinate it closely,” he explains, because “the consequences of a single error would be dramatic“, He warns.
Macron: “If Russia cuts off the gas, efforts are needed” – “We are going through dramatic and very hard hours,” Macron begins in the interview given in Paris. “Facing May 9 (anniversary of the victory over Nazism, editor’s note), Russia will intensify its attacks on eastern Ukraine, and we will have to make decisions. And if we decide on new sanctions, or if Russia decides on counter-sanctions on hydrocarbons, but even more so on gas, it is clear that Europeans must demand efforts from all families. At this point we will explain that we must lower temperatures, reduce a little to be less dependent. We won’t see the consequences in the spring or summer of 2022 (we’ve restocked), but that won’t happen next winter when we run out of Russian gas. I want to reassure you, it’s not the scenario we are in today, but This scenario can come“, He warns.
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“The Dangers: Nuclear Escalation and a Warlike NATO” – As for international tensions, the director of the Elysée admits, “there is clearly one will to escalate through Russia”: These are two dangers, he explainsvertical escalation is that horizontal. The first is to change the nature of war and resort to it unconventional weapons, from chemical to ballistic nuclear weapons. Horizontal escalation is the co-warfare of allied countries or other powers. I think we have to do everything for it avoid this fire, end the war. Therefore, in addition to our policy of pressure and sanctions, we must continue to talk to our partners in the Gulf, in India, in China, in order to avoid the world falling apart. Such a break given to Russia there would only be one field, formed by the United States and Europe while others can parade. Europe’s responsibility is to keep talking to others to avoid breaking the world.” And for the same reason, he adds, “we will have to keep talking to Vladimir Putin”: “One day there will be a ceasefire. There will be guarantee powers, and we will be among them. I say this with great seriousness and, dare I say, with ethical weight, but if we decide not to speak to him again out of exhaustion, then we leave the responsibility of speaking to Vladimir Putin to him Turkish Presidentto the Prime Minister of Indiato the Chinese President. And we resolve that non-Europeans will build peace in Europe the next day. Therefore, even if it is very difficult, even if sometimes ineffective, we have to insist on“, He says.
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Scholz: “Avoid direct military confrontation” – On the delivery of heavy weapons (like tanks) to the Ukrainian resistance, Macron specifies that each EU country “takes its responsibility political balance, and I do not interfere in the political life of either. We are very coordinated, we are already delivering essential supplies and we need to continue on this path. Always with a red line‘, he clarifies, ‘that it is not a question of entering into joint warfare’. The debate at the center of German politics is about “an election that sovereignly belongs to Germany”. As for arms, he explains, Paris and Berlin have “the same strategy: we have to help the Ukrainians as much as we can, but we have to be careful never to become belligerent.” A view that the Chancellor also confirmed in the Spiegel interview: “I said from the start that everything has to be done avoid direct military confrontation between NATO and a heavily armed superpower like Russia, a nuclear power,” said Scholz, who has been under pressure for days because of his reluctance to deliver heavy weapons to the Ukrainians. “However, there is no manual for this situation, where you can see when you are perceived as part of the conflict. The book is being written every day, some lessons are still ahead of us”.
“Help Kyiv without creating an uncontrollable escalation” – “Russia is there dramatic problems“, says Scholz, “the sanctions are causing enormous damage to the economy, the series of military defeats can no longer be concealed by the government’s propaganda. Putin is under enormous pressure“. Could it respond to the delivery of tanks to Kyiv with nuclear weapons? “We won’t get anywhere with these simplifications,” replies the Chancellor, “we will weigh everything carefully, constantly reassess the situation, discuss with our closest allies and not alone We have to adapt our principles to reality on a daily basis, but the principles do not change: we face the terrible suffering that Russia is causing in Ukraine with all the means at our disposal, without a ‘uncontrollable escalation that you are causing immeasurable suffering across the continent, maybe even the world.” And when asked if I’m not afraid regret in the future Not having done more, he replies: “One cannot act responsibly without giving oneself the opportunity to change one’s mind afterwards. But I must act now. And my actions are based on my principles”.