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Marie Dumoulin: "Europeans must prepare for the consequences of a possible Russian offensive"

2022-01-24T18:27:09.373Z


INTERVIEW – For the director of the Wider Europe program at the European Council on Foreign Relations think tank, a Russian attack on Ukraine represents “a security problem” for neighboring countries.


Marie Dumoulin directs the Wider Europe program at the think tank European Council on Foreign Relations.

LE FIGARO.

- Faced with the threatening posture of Russia, are the Europeans as united as they try to show?

Marie Dumoulin.

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They have applied themselves to displaying great unity throughout the recent diplomatic sequence, insisting that discussions on European security cannot take place without them.

But we can clearly see that difficulties emerge as soon as we try to define common interests as well as a method to defend them.

Last week, several signs betrayed the prevailing nervousness.

Emmanuel Macron's speech in Strasbourg, in which he expressed the wish that a dialogue between Europeans on their common security interests serve as the basis for discussions with Russia, has drawn criticism.

In the United States as in certain European countries, voices have reproached him for deviating from a Western consensus.

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Source: lefigaro

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