Europe will lose all credibility if Russia wins in Ukraine, warns Macron
www.telegraph.co.uk
French president invokes Winston Churchill’s call to maintain the ‘sinews of peace’ in a prime-time interview on his stance on the conflict

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The war in Ukraine is “existential for our Europe and for France”, Mr Macron said in the interview on France 2 and TF1.

“Do you think that the Poles, the Lithuanians, the Estonians, the Romanians and the Bulgarians could remain at peace for a second [in the event of a Russian victory in Ukraine]?” he asked. “If Russia wins this war, Europe’s credibility would be reduced to zero.”

  • ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
    312·
    1 year ago

    Second moment in recent history when the french end up being the tellers of uncomfortable truths

    • BastingChemina@slrpnk.netEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      Don’t forget about Charles de Gaulle warning Kennedy against a war in Vietnam

      You will find that intervention in this area will be an endless entanglement.

    • DrM@feddit.deEnglish
      72·
      1 year ago

      Maybe they should start supporting Ukraine a bit more then, so far they are lacking in comparison to the rest of europe