“When Putin coughs, Scholz looks for a bunker” – lack of understanding is growing in France. The German-French disagreements may also have played a role in the meeting between Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) and her French colleague Stéphane Séjane (Xéjé) The differences are too great when it comes to the war in Ukraine – and what they want to signal to Russia.
French President Macron is relying on a strategy of deterrence against Russia.