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Two days after the National Assembly’s vote in favor of France’s aid to kyiv, the President of the Republic will speak on the challenges posed by the conflict for the country and the continent.
How and in what ways will France engage in Ukraine in the coming years? While Parliament validated on Tuesday evening the security agreement, signed between Paris and kyiv on February 16, Emmanuel Macron is preparing to give clear perspectives to the nation. To do this, the President of the Republic will be the guest of “8 p.m.” on TF1 and France 2 on Thursday evening. He will answer questions from Gilles Bouleau and Anne-Sophie Lapix. “It’s about speaking directly to the French about this important subject for their daily lives and for the future”Emmanuel Macron’s entourage told AFP in the evening.
The head of state may not ask “no limit” in support of Ukraine, according to comments reported by the oppositions during an interview at the Élysée last week, the hypothesis of sending French or European troops to Ukrainian soil has been disconcerted. Both the oppositions and the European chancelleries. Because a question remains unanswered and worries many citizens: will France send soldiers to help kyiv in its response against Moscow, at the risk of making it a belligerent?
3 billion euros in additional support
If the government does not officially rule out any avenue, the option is not the most plausible at the moment. Thursday evening, Emmanuel Macron should above all return, in great detail, to the French strategy vis-à-vis Ukraine adopted in the National Assembly, by 372 votes against 99, with the approval of LR, the PS and environmentalists during this consultative vote. Concluded for a period of ten years, the agreement provides for a strengthening of military cooperation, particularly in the areas of artillery and air defense. In 2024, Paris promises to provide “up to three billion euros of additional support”. Three months before the European elections, the Head of State should also take advantage of his intervention to address the ambiguities of the RN, at the top of the voting intentions, concerning Russia. Way to further establish the confrontation, symbol of the new political divide, between the central bloc and the nationalists.