“Stopping the war without fighting”. Here, summarized in a few words, is the strategy of the Europeans, and therefore also of France, towards the Ukrainian conflict. “We want to do everything so that Russia can’t win the war, and we want Ukraine to be able to defend its territory, but we don’t want a world war.” said Emmanuel Macron during his televised intervention on July 14.
It has been criticized since last month by its eastern European counterparts for insisting it should not “humiliate” Russia, the French president remained very sober on that topic on Thursday. He, who for many weeks hoped that he would be able to take away the “ceasefire” from the warring parties, this time had no words to discuss the possible negotiations. On the contrary, the head of state admitted the fact that the war in Ukraine will continue and that the French will have to wait for difficult months to seize Russia’s determination…
Source: Le Figaro
