*Michel Duclos is a former French ambassador to the United Nations (2002-2006), Syria (2006-2009) and Switzerland (2012-2014). Today special advisor on Geopolitics and Diplomacy at the Montaigne Institute, his book
French Diplomacy
will be released on April 17 by Alpha Essai.
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LE FIGARO.
- You are an attentive observer - and often critical - of President Macron's foreign policy.
Are we witnessing a radical change of approach on Russia, manifested in particular by the meeting at the Élysée on February 26?
Michel DUCLOS.
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The president comes back from afar on Russia.
Let's be fair, though: he was never a proponent of appeasement.
On the other hand, he believed, like most elites in France, that we could dialogue with Putin, bring him to compromises, achieve a certain integration of Russia into the European security architecture.
He went to great lengths to make this program a success, including continuing the discussion after the start...
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