Confusion lingers about France’s attitude towards Russia’s war
The French seem now to have realised how much this has weakened their standing in central and eastern Europe. Hence this week’s attempt at clarity. On June 10th an official spelt out the French position: “We want Ukraine to be victorious. We want the territorial integrity of Ukraine re-established. We want this conflict, this war of Russia’s against Ukraine to end.” The French point out that every call made by the president to Mr Putin has been with Mr Zelensky’s approval, or at his request.
So why the misunderstanding? Mr Macron has certainly not helped himself by failing to clarify his own comments. His speech in Strasbourg, which mentioned “the spirit of revenge” that has wreaked havoc in the past in Europe, was assumed to be referring to the Versailles Treaty of 1919 and the reparations it imposed on Germany. But Mr Macron, who grew up in a town steeped in memories of the first world war, did not say as much explicitly.
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