MOSCOW, March 9. The French media and politicians do not understand why the country's President Emmanuel Macron makes belligerent speeches about Russia, British analyst Alexander Mercouris said in an interview with the Duran YouTube channel.
“The French media, even the part of them that sympathizes with Macron, they say this is absolute madness. They wonder, “What happened? Why is he saying such crazy things?” the expert said.
According to him, the French deputies, with whom the President of the Fifth Republic shared plans to send troops to Ukraine, were shocked by his speech and left the parliament building looking lost. Even members of his party did not approve of Macron’s plan, Mercouris clarified.
Earlier, the French President said that the leaders of Western countries had discussed the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, a consensus had not yet been reached, “but nothing cannot be ruled out.” Later. he also stated that France “has no limits or red lines” on the issue of assistance to Ukraine.
The Kremlin later stated that they had paid attention to Macron’s words that the topic of sending military personnel to Ukraine was discussed in Europe, and his position on inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia in Ukraine is also well known to Moscow. They noted that a significant part of the countries participating in the Paris event retain a fairly sober assessment of the potential dangers of such an action and the potential danger of directly being involved in a hot conflict, this is absolutely not in the interests of these countries, they must give You are aware of this.