Emmanuel Macron denounced the "indignity" of recent virulent remarks by Russian leaders against France, but also against Gabriel Attal. The head of state sees this as a clear sign of "nervousness" Russian leaders.

“I think that their indignity is enough not to comment on them,” judged the French president in response to a question from a journalist in Brussels after a European Council. Piotr Tolstoy notably promised death to any French soldier coming to Ukrainian soil, or attacked the homosexuality of Prime Minister Gabrielattal.