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Support for Ukraine: “Emmanuel Macron tends to say words, and gestures do not always follow”, analyzes a political journalist at “L’Express”
Support for Ukraine: “Emmanuel Macron tends to say words, and gestures do not always follow”, analyzes a political journalist at “L’Express”
(franceinfo)
For several months, Emmanuel Macron has appeared as Ukraine’s greatest supporter. Thursday March 14, he will answer questions from TF1 and France 2 at 8 p.m. To talk about it, Olivier Peru, political journalist at “L’Express”, is the guest of 19/20 info.
Potential sending of troops to Ukraine, financial aid, visit from Volodymyr Zelensky: for several months, the head of state has made France the main support for the Ukrainian forces against the Russian attacker. In a televised speech, the president is due to address the issue of the war in Ukraine on Thursday March 14. “The most important thing is necessarily the Franco-German couple. (…) In this couple, one of the two is a model in difficulty today”says Olivier Peru, political journalist at The Express, in the 19/20 info. According to the specialist, Chancellor Olaf Scholz is struggling politically in Germany.
“Germany has changed its doctrine”
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, “Germany has changed its doctrine” about pacifism, explains Olivier Peru. “What Emmanuel Macron is asking today is not to go there half-heartedly, it is to go there fully as Europeans”, he analyzes. When it comes to strategic ambiguity, “Emmanuel Macron tends to say words, and gestures do not always follow”estimates the journalist.
