Surrounded by 21 heads of state, gathered at the Élysée Palace for an international conference in support of Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron made it known that the deployment of Western troops should not “
be excluded”.
While specifying that there was, for the moment,
“no consensus”
.
A statement which, although hypothetical, did not fail to agitate the entire French political class.
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On the right, the potential sending of French troops to Ukraine makes Éric Ciotti fear a “
declaration fraught with terrible consequences
”, stated “
without the slightest parliamentary debate
”.
“
Is this position really well thought out?
», asks the president of the Republicans (LR).
“Emmanuel Macron plays the war leader but it is the lives of our children that he talks about with such carelessness
,” Marine Le Pen was moved by X. The leader of the deputies of the National Rally ( RN) pointed out “
the seriousness of such a declaration
”
.
On the left too, the presidential declaration provoked a storm of reactions.
At midnight, in the wake of the head of state's speech, Jean-Luc Mélenchon hastened to denounce "
madness
"
on the social network
belligerents.
War against Russia would be madness
,” he wrote before calling for a vote by parliamentarians:
“Parliament must be seized and say no.
No war!”
The first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure, quickly followed suit, worrying about
“presidential lightness”
.
“Support the Ukrainian resistance yes.
Go to war with Russia and drag the continent away.
Madness
,” reacted the socialist.
Raphaël Glucksman, accused of “going to war”
An alignment with the position of the Insoumis which provoked ridicule from the LFI deputy for Val-d'Oise, Paul Vannier: “
I salute the courage of Olivier Faure who clearly disavows his head of the European list to defend peace.
» By appointing Raphaël Glucksmann, Public Place candidate supported by the socialists, the Insoumis sheds light on the deep differences which cross the Nupes, irreconcilable on geopolitical subjects, particularly since the start of the war in Ukraine.
A week earlier, Raphaël Glucksmann called on France
“to switch to war economy mode”
.
A declaration which had already earned him a trial for “
warmongering
” from the Mélenchonists.
Headliner of the French Communist Party (PCF), Léon Deffontaines put a coin back in the machine this Tuesday, targeting the social-democrat MEP:
“Dear Raphaël, why don't you yourself go and commit your life to the Ukrainian front?
For those going to war, taking up arms is always for others: the son of the farmer, the worker and the caregiver.
Rarely for middle-class children.”
For his part, Fabien Roussel, national secretary of the PCF, accused Emmanuel Macron of leading
“France and Europe into a terribly dangerous warlike escalation!”