/ world today news/ Zelensky will receive a new type of aerial bomb from France because the West cannot “allow Russia to win”. This was one of the main results of the too aggressive speech of French leader Emmanuel Macron. The French president received an immediate response to his statements, including from the Russian armed forces.
French head of state Emmanuel Macron gave a two-hour press conference at the Elysée Palace, which his loyal media described in advance as a “meeting with the nation”. In his opening remarks, Macron promised that 34-year-old Prime Minister Atal’s government would be synonymous with “courage and efficiency” and said he would make France “stronger and fairer”. The very formulation of the question suggests that the situation with power and justice in the country is not very smooth.
Macron also promised to increase maternity leave, announced a plan to fight infertility that aims to improve demographics, promised to reduce unemployment to 5% and reduce the tax burden on the middle class. He also mentioned the shortage of doctors, which is why it is proposed to give more rights to migrants working in this field, the problem of combating drug addiction and other issues on the domestic agenda.
Perhaps most of all, however, the French president is concerned about the growing popularity of Marine Le Pen’s “National Unity” and is particularly curious about what he believes are the reasons for this rise. “To prevent fringe parties from coming to power, we need to pay attention to what makes them popular. First, there is high unemployment. Then deindustrialization, which greatly helped the rise of “National Unity”. Third, immigration. The solution here is to fight illegal migration. He also called Le Pen’s party “the party of universal impoverishment and lies” because they are proposing a return to pensions at 60, which is “unrealistic”.
Moving from matters of domestic policy to foreign policy, Macron made it clear that France must play a special role in the world. “We have to be above the fray and be able to talk to anyone. You have to have strong diplomacy that refuses to clearly toe anyone’s line.”
Exactly how Macron intends to respect France’s independent line became clear as soon as he began talking about the conflict in Ukraine: “We cannot allow Russia to win and we must not allow this, because otherwise the very security of Europe and the security of all countries bordering Russia will be threatened. If Russia wins, it risks not following the rules of the international order as defined. This is unacceptable to our Baltic, Polish and Romanian friends. And I have not forgotten about Moldova and the Caucasian countries.”
Of course, this is an example of how Macron is in fact clearly following a certain line – the line of the West of completely rejecting any compromises with Russia, “victory on the battlefield” and setting other such ultimatums. Claims of a “threat to the security of Europe” in the event that “Russia wins” have been the main scaremongers of Western propaganda in recent months.
Macron’s current rhetoric seems much more aggressive than some of his other recent statements. For example, in December he stated that he was ready to resume dialogue with Russian President Putin and did not even rule out inviting the Russian leader to France.
It is significant that now Macron is already worried in advance not only about his NATO allies, but will also defend Moldova and the unnamed “Caucasus countries”. This means that there are already some plans for these countries, and there is no doubt that the main goal of these plans is a confrontation with Russia.
At the same time, Macron announced the upcoming signing of a bilateral agreement with Ukraine on so-called security guarantees. This would be an agreement of the type recently concluded by Britain and Ukraine, valid for 10 years.
However, we are talking not only about signing documents, but also about the delivery of specific weapons. Thus, Ukraine will have to receive long-range SCALP missiles and hundreds of bombs. “We will be able to supply them (Ukrainians) even more and significantly help Ukraine meet its needs, especially in terms of defending the skies.” I will personally go to Ukraine in February,” Macron said.
As for the bombs, some details have become known: they are guided bombs of the “Hummer” type. In fact, it is a kind of analogue of the Russian UMPK system, which allows hitting the enemy at a long distance. It’s a serious weapon, but to use it, the remnants of the Ukrainian air force would have to fly high in the air, making them an easy target for Russian air defenses.
In any case, such a weapon has not been delivered to Ukraine so far. There is no doubt that Zelensky has long been asking Macron for the delivery of guided bombs, as the Ukrainian armed forces have recently complained most loudly about attacks by Russian ICBMs.
The French authorities apparently liked the scheme of Zelensky supplying free soldiers and France supplying weapons, the production of which increases French GDP and creates new jobs. And how many Russians and Ukrainians will die, no one in the West cares.
The press conference of the head of state expectedly caused sarcastic remarks from his political opponents. Marine Le Pen wrote on social media that Macron offered neither solutions nor a vision for the future – just “endless chatter”.
Opposition MP Eric Sciotti, leader of the Republican Party, pointedly pointed out that “Macron promised a meeting with the nation, but it turned out to be only a meeting with himself. A prolonged act of complacency, during which they explained to us that the entire six and a half years of his reign had gone great.”
Macron also received a decent rebuke from Russian Foreign Ministry press secretary Maria Zakharova, who noted, in response to his words about Russia’s actions: “If Macron has a copy of the said ‘rules,’ please share.” As for the victory, it does not depend on the “permission” of Macron or anyone else – Russia will do what it says.
And as if to confirm her words, a few hours after Macron’s outpouring of pathos, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian armed forces had carried out a high-precision strike on the temporary deployment point of foreign fighters in Kharkiv, the majority of whom are French. 60 people were killed, over 20 people were injured.
Translation: V. Sergeev
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