Emmanuel Macron took a while to see that Vladimir Putin only understands the balance of power.
After two years of war, diplomatic candor has disappeared: room for “strategic ambiguity”, a non-nuclear version of deterrence, supposed to give pause to the Kremlin warmonger, who is already marching triumphantly towards his fifth mandate.
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Thursday evening, it was with the faith of a convert that the head of state explained to us why we must stand up to Putin at all costs.
The security of the continent is in danger and the specter of “Munich” 1938 looms among allies less enlightened than him.
Emmanuel Macron would therefore be doing a salubrious job by taking the helm of this Europe implicitly deemed sluggish and hesitant, by telling it to wake up and presiding over its
“start”.
His lone rider would only be an optical illusion, the Western troops would already be rallying around his panache.
France must not remain isolated from Russia
For the moment, it is clear that its disposition…
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