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French support for Ukraine: “We need to maintain strong pressure on Vladimir Putin”, estimates Olivier Faure, first secretary of the PS
French support for Ukraine: “We need to maintain strong pressure on Vladimir Putin”, estimates Olivier Faure, first secretary of the PS
(franceinfo)
Olivier Faure is the guest of 19/20 info, Thursday March 7. The first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) participated in the meeting that Emmanuel Macron held at the Élysée on Ukraine.
Emmanuel Macron received party leaders at the Élysée on Thursday March 7 to discuss with them the situation in Ukraine and France’s position in this conflict. “There is no limit to France’s support for Ukraine”, the head of state reportedly declared on this occasion. A development which has not “nothing very new”estimates Olivier Faure, first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), in 19/20 info, Thursday evening.
“There was no new information provided by the meeting with the head of state”explains the deputy for Seine-et-Marne, adding that Emmanuel Macron did not “not been particularly alarmist”without forgetting the difficulties of Ukraine.
“An opponent must always expect the worst”
Concerning the boundless support for kyiv, Olivier Faure recognizes the need to be dissuasive: “An adversary must always expect the worst, this is the basis of nuclear deterrence”. “We need to maintain strong pressure on Vladimir Putin, tell him that we are behind the Ukrainian resistance and that we will not give up”underlines the leader of the socialists.
