Emmanuel Macron condemned on Friday, August 19″.violent attackfrom Russia to Ukraine and called on the Frenchagree to pay the price of freedomMeanwhile, the conflict is likely to have serious economic consequences in Europe.
“I think of our people who will need the strength of spirit to face the times ahead, to face uncertainty, sometimes relief and adversity, and united to agree to pay the price for our freedom and our values.“The Head of State was launched on August 17, 1944, during a ceremony marking the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var).
“violent attack»
“After the brutal attack launched by Vladimir Putin on February 24, war returned to European soil within hours of our borders.“He emphasized after speaking with the owner of the Kremlin on the phone during the day. The two leaders agreed to send the country “as soon as possibleA mission of international experts to the Ukrainian nuclear plant in Zaporizhia, which is under Russian control and the target of repeated bombings, raising fears of a new Chernobyl.
in “this war that thunders at our doorsEmmanuel Macron welcomed.heroic resistancein the face of the Ukrainian peopleterrible attacks by the Russian army and its auxiliaries“. “Yes, the ghosts of the spirit of revenge, the flagrant violations of the sovereignty of the states, the unbearable contempt for the peoples, the imperialist will reappear from the past to impose themselves on the daily life of our Europe, our neighbors, our friends.“, he snapped.
“Diplomatic actions»
The president had already prepared the French for a difficult return to school and winter in his July 14 interview about the risks of energy shortages and rising prices caused by the war in Ukraine.
He then accused Russia of using gas as “weapon of warlimiting its supplies in response to heavy European sanctions against it and calledcollectively return to the logic of sobriety” energy. The Russian gas giant “Gazprom” announced on Friday again to stop its supplies to Europe for three days, citing:maintenance“Reviving the fear of shortages in Europe.
The head of state and head of government, Elizabeth Bourne, who is on vacation at Fort Breganson in Bormes-les-Mimosas from July 29, can also expect a difficult social return amid a general increase in the cost of living. They will return to Paris by Wednesday at the latest for the first council of ministers of the new academic year, with several delicate reforms on the horizon, from unemployment insurance to pensions, to be implemented.
Flag of Ukraine
it is necessary”to work for our energy sovereignty, to support the French, our companies in the context of this warafter the ceremony he told reporters.
About 500 people came to meet the president, who participated in the ceremony of the release of Bormes for the fifth time since 2018. After the traditional wreath-laying and Marseillaise, the head of state and his wife took part in the 2021 march, which has been canceled due to Covid-19, shaking hands and posing for selfies. A man in the audience identified the flag of Ukraine.
Source: Le Figaro
