Bruno Alomar: “Behind martial declarations, Europeans still refuse to ensure their own security”. Emmanuel Macron's statements on sending troops to Ukraine have highlighted the absence of political will behind the idea of "Defense Europe", analyzes the former senior official at the European Commission.
By declaring at the end of the Paris summit that sending ground troops to support Ukraine's effort against Russia should not be ruled out in principle, Emmanuel Macron triggered a diplomatic crisis. Most of its allies firmly dissociated themselves from the French position, starting with the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.