LE FIGARO. - Do you think like Emmanuel Macron that nothing should be excluded to help Ukraine, including sending troops?
Karl NEHAMMER.
- We agree on issues of support and solidarity with Ukraine. We also believe that there needs to be a format in which the parties to the conflict speak to each other again. There is a basis for this with Volodymyr Zelensky's peace plan. We therefore agree on the objective of lasting peace. Where we disagree is on the path to take to achieve this goal. I am in favor of the precautionary principle. The French president is a supporter of the principle of deterrence. Some elements are convincing when we see the aggressiveness with which the Russian Federation proceeds. But I also think that we must apply the precautionary principle to avoid an uncontrollable escalation.
Do you still believe in dialogue with Vladimir Putin?
When I went to see him in Moscow
(in April 2022, Editor’s note),
there were still possibilities…
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