No step back. On the contrary, Emmanuel Macron “reaffirms” his statements on thesending troops Europeans in Ukraine: “We have one goal: Russia cannot and must not win“, the French president declared in an interview with the main television news programs of his country. Antonio Tajanimeanwhile, returns to oppose the option: “I exclude it”.
“I claim to evoke this possibility“, said the French president: “We have put too many limits to our vocabulary. We are not in an escalation. We are not at war with Russia, but we must not let it win,” Marcon said. Ten days ago his statements had divided the countries Nato and the EU (Palazzo Chigi had commented with: “Hypothesis not contemplated”), but the French president continues on his path. “We’re not sure we’ll do it – he added – we are not currently in this situation, but for the moment we do not exclude this option“. Macron also underlines that “if things were to escalate it would only be once again responsibility of Russia“.
“When you have thenuclear weaponit is not appropriate utter threats” said the French president, returning to the statements of Vladimir Putin in recent days. The French president admitted that he had not spoken to the head of the Kremlin “for several months”: “I spoke to him whenever necessary.” “The nuclear it is not a threat tool. The nuclear capacity is for the security of the French, too, but it is also a responsibility, he added. “If Russia won, the lives of the French would change“Macron said. “Who can think that President Putin will stop here?”, he asks himself, believing that the “security” of France “is at stake” in Ukraine.
However, Macron admits that “the Ukrainian counteroffensive it didn’t go as planned”: “The situation is difficult for Ukrainians. They have limitations in terms of men because Russia is a bigger country,” Macron explained, adding that “the The situation on the front is extremely fragile“. “Wanting peace does not mean choosing defeat, but being credible, being strong and ready”, he underlined on live TV: “Asserting that we will not respond, that we will be weak, means being already defeated”, he concluded.
All this while the debate on… line change of President Macron himself. The world focused attention on his “metamorphosis” which saw him go from “dove” a “falco“. At the beginning of the conflict – and for a long time – Emmanuel Macron loudly called for “Don’t humiliate Putin”, so much so as to provoke the reaction of the Ukrainian Foreign Minister: “So he is the one who humiliates the French”, he replied Dmytro Kuleba. Now, however, his position has changed, so much so that he suggests sending French and European troops to Ukraine.
Thursday evening’s sentences forced the Italian government to intervene again. The deputy prime minister and foreign minister did it Antonio Tajani a Before tomorrow are Rete4 who responded to a question about what Macron declared: “I exclude” sending troops to Ukraine, “because we want it pacewe want there to be one negotiationma we don’t want to go to war with Russia. My defense colleague also reiterated it, we don’t even think about sending troops to fight”, what Italy does is “help Ukraine defend itself“. “It’s different from sending Italian troops to fight against the Russians,” Tajani explained.