This is a rare enough fact to be underlined.
In a message addressed to the armies on Monday evening, Emmanuel Macron donned his army chief's costume by addressing his troops directly in an eruptive Ukrainian context.
A few hours after talking with Vladimir Putin about the invasion in Ukraine, the President of the Republic evokes an attack “
the most serious and most uninhibited manifestation of power by the Russian regime since the end of the USSR
”.
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“I know I can count on you”
While several dozen alpine hunters are currently on their way to Romania to reinforce the NATO system, the President of the Republic uses harsh language: "
Neither attacked or even threatened,
the Russian regime assumes the use of force as a mode of expression in international relations
”.
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The opportunity for the Head of State to point out that France
"knows that it can count on its armies once again
".
And Emmanuel Macron to
“express his personal confidence
” in his armed forces: “
I know I can count on you to show, in the execution of your missions, great vigilance and the necessary restraint during possible interference.
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Message from Emmanuel Macron to the armies.
Elysium.