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Jean-Pierre Chevènement: “The French elected Emmanuel Macron as president, not Volodymyr Zelensky”

2024-02-28T16:25:34.345Z

Highlights: Jean-Pierre Chevènement: “The French elected Emmanuel Macron as president, not Volodymyr Zelensky” “France's vital interests are not located in Ukraine. The Ukrainians were first promised arms deliveries which are far from having been made at this time,” he says. “Is there also a risk of escalation in the face of a nuclear power?”‘The French do not expect the President of the French Republic to first defend the interests of Ukraine or any other country’


INTERVIEW - For the former minister and honorary president of the Res Publica Foundation, Emmanuel Macron's comments on sending troops to Ukraine undermine the credibility of French diplomacy and pose the risk of a third world war on European territory.


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This position is part of an irresponsible and very worrying headlong rush.

The French elected Emmanuel Macron as President of the French Republic;

they did not elect Volodymyr Zelensky.

And they do not expect the President of the French Republic to first defend the interests of Ukraine or any other country;

they expect him to defend the interests of France.

When it comes to peace and war, our president must remember that deterrence can only be implemented to defend the vital interests of France.

However, let us say it clearly, France's vital interests are not located in Ukraine.

Is there also a risk of escalation in the face of a nuclear power?

The Ukrainians were first promised arms deliveries which are far from having been made at this time…

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