The French president, Emmanuel Macron, today announced a new meeting of “European and non -European” leaders this Wednesday to deal with the situation in Ukraine. The new meeting, announced on Tuesday by Macron in an interview with several regional media, will take place two days after the one held at the Elysium with the leaders of Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Denmarkin addition to those responsible for the European Union and NATO.
Macron confirmed that Europe should look He will have talked to the 27 European Union members. At the moment, neither the president nor the Elysee gave more details about the meeting, nor on the countries that will participate in it. The Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever will participate in this new consultation on Ukraine convened by the French president, as confirmed to the Belgian agency his spokesman, who said that the flamenco nationalist politician will do so by videoconference. Macron confirmed that before Monday, Donald Trump, who was attributed to the merit of “playing a decisive role to allow a negotiation and the end of the conflict.”
“He has recreated strategic ambiguity for President Putin. Where his predecessor (Joe Biden) had said that he would never send troops on the ground, giving predictability to Putin, the new president uses very firm words and therefore there is uncertainty. That uncertainty can Create pressure, “he said. But he warned that “a lasting peace cannot be negotiated without Ukraine“, while considering that Europe can” contribute its solutions “how to give” security guarantees “once the agreement is concluded.
In that sense, it ruled out the sending of French troops to conflict areas, but yes that will continue to help Ukraine with war material And with experts, something they are studying with the British, but far from the front, he said. Macron acknowledged that Europe alone cannot guarantee Ukraine defense in the current situation, so the country’s adhesion could be studied to NATO.
“Given the fact that Russia It is a state endowed with nuclear capacityfor European partners it is a key point “the United States contest, Macron stressed. Another possible solution would be, he said, the sending of a peace maintenance force under the UN mandate that would act in the entire line in front . At the moment in which it is appropriate, in this cycle, future negotiations, I will obviously return the call, if it is useful for the situation. ”
Despite this, Russia considers “an existential threat to Europeans because of The actions carried out in various domains “such as “the Polish border, cyber attacks in several countries, attacks such as those in the United Kingdom, information manipulations or electoral processes, such as in Romania, or its explicit threats with nuclear doctrine.” Faced with this, he reiterated that Europe must invest more in its defense and opted to repeal the 3 % deficit roof rule in the EU, when the surplus is destined for military expenses, and study common financing mechanisms similar to those that are They launched during the Covid.
Source: Lasexta
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