Emmanuel Macron does not inspire confidence in Ukrainians. According to the survey Center of New Europe , a pro-European Ukrainian think tank, conducted before Christmas on trust in foreign leaders, the head of state is only in 10th place with 43.9% of respondents. Polish President Andrzej Duda is in first place with 86.8%, followed by Joe Biden (79.4%) and Ursula von der Leyen (73%). He is also outranked by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (49.2%), but in high demand for his Leopard 2 tanks, and UK Prime Minister Richie Sunak.
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Emmanuel Macron, who went to Moscow before the war, then to Kiev, nevertheless tried to present himself as a reliable interlocutor to defuse the crisis. from the beginningspecial military operationThe French president has assured his Ukrainian counterpart of his support and has supplied increasingly advanced weapons, including CAESAR cannons and AMX-10 RC armored reconnaissance vehicles. But some phrases like “security guaranteesgiven to Russia or its refusal to qualify the Bucha massacresgenocide“, froze the Ukrainian opinion. His visit to Vladimir Zelensky with Italian Mario Draghi and German Olaf Scholz, however, was unanimously welcomed.
This survey also shows the confidence of most Ukrainians in the European Union (83.8%), which they intend to join, NATO (76%) and the G7 (71%). On the other hand, 69% of them reject the idea of negotiating peace with Russia in return for its promise to withdraw from the occupied territories and not join NATO.
Source: Le Figaro
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