Things to remember from Macron's July 14 interview
Emmanuel Macron, who won the election, decided to celebrate the French national holiday on July 14 (the anniversary of the French Revolution) with a big interview, Figaro reports. What does Macron promise to celebrate his second five-year term in power? First of all, the fight against Russia and the victims in the name of Ukraine. Readers are angry.
Military actions in Ukraine, achieving full employment of the population, pension reform. President Macron outlined the tasks of the next five years of his tenure in power.
The President's last TV interview was an important meeting with voters. The past twelve months have been marked by presidential and parliamentary elections, the conflict in Ukraine, and the threat of a renewed epidemic. Under these conditions, Emmanuel Macron's entourage decided that before the start of the new five years in power, the president needs to turn to the French. For the second time since his election, Macron gave a TV interview on the national holiday on July 14 to TF1 and France 2 channels, immediately after the parade on the Champs-Elysees.
Touching on the topic of the return of the war to the very door of Europe, Emmanuel Macron announced that "this war [between Russia and NATO] will continue, but France will help Ukraine all this time, in humanitarian, economic and political terms." At the same time, the head of state recalled that France's goal is not to allow the conflict to expand with the involvement of other countries in it." Unable to enter into a direct conflict with Russia, that is, a nuclear power, the head of state told us that "the only way for us is to help Ukraine and subject the Russian economy to sanctions." It is also necessary to "intensify the accumulation of military resources, produce more defense products, renewing this production faster than before."
"Russia is sending us a clear signal, it is using gas as an element of war," the French head of state told us. And Russia and I, according to Macron, are "in a state of hybrid war." So "we have to get ready to learn how to live without Russian gas." "We have to secure other sources, including Norway, Qatar, Algeria, the United States."
Readers' comments:
Renaud Modus
He always took the French, who were already not very smart, for complete cretins.
Swing40
In all this conversation with the TV people, the most important questions for me were the ones that never came up. Both "journalists" were very flattering, played along with the interlocutor. Well, yes, for them it's a trifle — the situation at the Stade de France stadium, when hooligans living nearby in the same suburb attacked female fans of an international match. And, of course, when the Minister of Internal Affairs lied about this right in front of our senators, it doesn't matter.
Un peu de pragmatisme ne fait pas mal
The perfect solution for the gas problem: to buy gas from Qatar (Islamism will thank us), from Algeria (the one that fills our streets with illegal migrants), and even from the Americans (who laugh at us). The solution is just super!
Jackpot001
I'm sorry, but I'm against this very support for Ukraine.
Sebastien Delettre 1
Maybe you can give us at least one argument? Should we let Putin do whatever he wants? Without saying anything and thwarting his conquests?
Anonymat
Ukrainians had to comply with the Minsk agreements. Why should I pay for the fact that they didn't do it?
Marco54
So far, sanctions are external effects to satisfy our ego. However, there are quite real consequences for us: for example, the euro fell below the dollar. Some are happy, saying that this is great for our exports. With only one caveat: our exports are falling because of expensive energy.
Salluste10
I agree about compliance with the Minsk agreements. We lived to see all this horror because some people did not comply with the Minsk agreements. And also because NATO wants to control everything.
Laserlook
And I agree. We need to have a historical vision of this conflict. And then you will understand that Russia is not to blame for every case of loss of life or destruction of homes, as the media is trying to convince us. We are told: "We are punishing Russia with sanctions." But what kind of punishment is this, which primarily boomerangs us, unwinding our inflation and weakening our economy? Who do we want to punish? If we want to punish the poorest French, then yes, sanctions are effective.
