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Emmanuel Macron, at the head of the 27 for six months, welcomed and received for dinner his German counterpart, Olaf Scholz, as well as the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, Monday, February 28. A long diplomatic day, with new threats of sanctions, reiterated by the Europeans. We take stock with Catherine Demangeat, live from the Élysée Palace.
“The day ended a few moments ago with a dinner with European industrialists, in the presence of Chancellor Scholz and Ursula von der Leyen”, reports Catherine Demangeat, from the Élysée Palace, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. A dinner planned as part of the French presidency of the European Union, which with the war in Ukraine has taken on a particular dimension. The Head of State multiplied diplomatic meetings and telephone exchanges on Monday February 28, including an exchange of 1h30 with Vladimir Putin.
The Russian president has pledged to stop the strikes on civilians, to secure the roads. “Emmanuel Macron sent a message to the French armies, saying that he could count on their vigilance and their moderation”, says the journalist. The Europeans and their allies have also “put the Kremlin spokesman on the list of oligarchs, whose property will be confiscated”. Sanctions whose objective remains the same: “raise the cost of war for Russia, and try to force Vladimir Putin to change his plans”concludes Catherine Demangeat.