Stéphane Séjourné is the head of French diplomacy in Lithuania. He is also the leader of the presidential party, Renaissance.

The 38-year-old has not given up on running for the European elections in June. He was appointed to the Quai d'Orsay at the start of the year. He has been on the front line to explain Elysian thought to his foreign partners. He says: 'The strategy of providing aid to Ukraine in dribs and drabs no longer works'