there is “no clash” between Paris and Berlin over Ukraine, assures Stéphane Séjourné

The head of French diplomacy Stéphane Séjourné estimated, during an interview with The world published on March 2, that there is no division between France and Germany. Clear differences have emerged in recent days between President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Olaf Scholz over Ukraine. “There is no Franco-German clash, we agree on 80% of the subjects”assures the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The most visible bones of contention currently concern the form of aid to be given to Ukraine in the face of the Russian steamroller, at a time when a vital envelope of more than 60 billion dollars remains blocked in the United States. During the support conference for kyiv organized by Paris on Monday, the French head of state appeared to implicitly attack countries like Germany, which has long hesitated to deliver certain heavy weapons to kyiv.

“There is no drama there”

“I spoke with my German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, we will see each other next Tuesday in Paris. There is a desire to talk”continues Stéphane Séjourné. “There is no drama there since we have the same objective of supporting Ukraine”he also underlined.

Furthermore, the French minister rejected the idea that discussions on the military presence in Ukraine had electoral aims, in the run-up to the European elections in June. “Ukraine is at the center of the electoral debates because there are, in fact, differences of position on the subject. I would prefer that this were not the case and that there was a broad consensus beyond the partisan divisions”he explained.