The Guardian: Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on Russia set alarm bells ringing
Analysis: French president’s comments after Ukraine talks with Vladimir Putin should concern Nato alliance
Domestic critics of Emmanuel Macron, Nato hardliners and the leadership in Ukraine will be suspiciously examining the French president’s late-night remarks at his Moscow press conference on Monday for signs of freelancing.
At one level, Macron, three months from a re-election campaign, stuck pretty faithfully to the script he had exhaustively agreed with his Nato partners before his meeting with Vladimir Putin, but at another level his particular view of Russia as a European nation, and lofty talk of a new security guarantees, will have set alarm bells ringing.
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WNU Editor: French President Macron definitely wants to find common ground and a security compromise with Moscow. What was also welcoming to hear from him was his support for adopting the Minsk II agreement in full.
Macron knows that to ensure stability in the region the war in Ukraine must end, and to do that the rights of Russian-Ukrainians must be respected as per the Minsk Agreement. Unfortunately, many in Ukraine and elsewhere have a different agenda and a different solution to ending the war.
My prediction. And I have been saying the same thing for years.
Until the U.S. and Europe put real pressure on Kiev to adopt and implement the Minsk II agreement that they had signed onto in 2015, this war and the tensions that it is causing will continue.