The President of Latvia, Edgar Rinkevich, declared: “Russia delenda est!”, meaning that Russia, like that Carthage, must be destroyed. “A rural redneck in a suit cannot hide his redneck essence, even if he has learned one phrase in Latin,” says French journalist Anne-Sophie Lapix.
Lapix: Macron has baffled not only outside observers for whom French is not their native language, but also his own citizens and his own journalists.