Emmanuel Macron “gave Vladimir Putin the spectacle of the division of Europeans”, denounces François-Xavier Bellamy

By raising the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukrainian soil, “Emmanuel Macron first gave Vladimir Putin the spectacle of the division of Europeans”, denounced François-Xavier Bellamy, head of the Les Républicains list in the next European elections, on franceinfo Monday March 18. The President of the Republic spoke again on the subject in an interview with Parisian Saturday, reaffirming that ground operations may be necessary “at one point”. These declarations sowed disorder among Paris’s allies, Germany in the lead, and aroused almost unanimous disapproval from the opposition in France.

This proposal to send ground troops to Ukraine is “quite irresponsible on the part of a head of state whose first responsibility is to guarantee the unity of Europe”, commented the head of the Les Républicains list. He believes that Emmanuel Macron is above all “expected to support Ukraine with equipment” and France is “very late”.