No quarter with Moscow.

Europe must “raise the level of sanctions” against Russia, which has just launched a violent offensive against Ukraine.

In the eyes of former President François Hollande received this Friday, February 25 by Emmanuel Macron, the sanctions "are insufficient".

As an example, he suggested stopping gas imports.

"There is no diplomacy without a balance of power", also insisted the former president received at the Elysée, "Europe must be respected".

"I consider that the sanctions must be further reinforced, and in particular the financial sanctions, also (on) the system of monetary transactions, so that Russia, its economy and its leaders can be heavily hit", he said. declared after an hour-long interview with the Head of State Emmanuel Macron.

“Yes, it will be more expensive, and in particular for our German friends, to stop supplying Russian gas.

But how can we justify continuing to buy Russian gas when Russia intervenes militarily in an independent country?

“, he launched.

"Europe could be considered naive"

“I spent days, even nights with Vladimir Putin, in the presence of (Angela) Merkel, sometimes alone, he said.

"Putin has undoubtedly felt for several months in a position to go much further," he added, referring to the situation in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Syria and Africa.

"Everywhere it has advanced and, faced with this pretension, there must be stops".

“Europe could be considered naive,” he added, calling on the EU to strengthen its defence.

He finally criticized in veiled words the presidential candidates who questioned the Atlantic alliance, as well as those who "promise a lot" while the crisis in Ukraine risks penalizing the French economy.

This interview is the third one-on-one between Emmanuel Macron and François Hollande since 2017 – the first took place at the time of the first confinement, the second at the time of deconfinement.

After François Hollande, Emmanuel Macron received his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy in the process, seeking political unity in an approach of "republican tradition in a moment of acute crisis", explains the Elysée.

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