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Ukraine: the political class cautiously welcomes the possibility of delivering tanks

2023-01-23T10:37:59.356Z


The National Rally, on the other hand, is firmly opposed to it, believing that it would risk “internationalising” the conflict.


Nothing is excluded.

Sunday evening, Emmanuel Macron raised the possibility of delivering Leclerc heavy battle tanks to Ukraine, in its military fight against Russia.

The Head of State set three conditions: "

that this is not escalatory

", "

that it can provide real and effective support

" to the country, and that this does not have any consequences on "

our own capacities for defence

”.

The new strategy, after eleven months of conflict, is greeted with caution by the French political class.

It is for the former Prime Minister now a member of Horizons, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, a “

path

” in which France is now “

engaged

”.

Because “

it is clear that the Ukrainians are asking us today to establish their balance of power.

“But this must be done”

with responsibility with the other partners

“, warned the majority partner on the set of LCI.

It is Europe together that must act, so we must not have an individual position

,” he warned.

Also recalling that “

that does not mean that we do not want to speak with Russia.

» «

The day when we will be able to build a peace project, we will have to speak with Russia.

»

“Make this war worse”

On France Inter on Sunday evening, the Macronist deputy Pieyre-Alexandre Anglade also called for "

supporting our German partners on this path, by creating consensus

".

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is indeed still reluctant, although his Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, has deemed his country ready to do so.

These deliveries are however "

the sine qua non for beating Russia

", estimated the elected official.

On the left, the deputy La France insoumise Alexis Corbière did not close himself to this possibility, while being very cautious.

According to him, this must be done “

in such a way that it is material aid, but not participation in the conflict

”.

"

I hope that we do not fall into a spiral in which, on arrival, we are ourselves one of the first protagonists of a war

", he formulated on Public Senate, repeating his will to see countries "

take diplomatic initiatives

".

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On the other hand, the tone was much firmer on the side of the nationalist right.

No

”, replied Marine Le Pen very simply, when asked about the relevance of this decision this Monday on RMC / BFMTV.

I think really the question is, is this all going to make this war worse?

And when the war escalates, the deaths multiply.

But is that the goal?

“, she then questioned.

The leader of the RN deputies warns against the risk of "

internationalizing the conflict

", and of "

moving away from a negotiated peace solution

".

Source: lefigaro

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