France: in the middle of the presidential campaign, the Ukrainian test for Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron (right) and Volodymyr Zelensky (illustraton photo) AP
Text by: Julien Chavanne Follow |
Julien Chavanne Follow
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Emmanuel Macron is participating, this Friday, February 25, in a NATO summit by videoconference on the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.
The French head of state caught up in international news as he plans to formalize his presidential candidacy in the coming days.
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One crisis replaces another.
After Mali, Ukraine.
Barely opened, the shooting window closed.
Emmanuel Macron was forced to postpone his descent into the electoral arena once again.
His presidential costume sticks to his skin.
And could do him a favor.
Not yet a candidate, he remains above the fray, sits down with the powerful of the Western world and replays the card of national unity as at the start of Covid-19.
Cannonball
Emmanuel Macron will also receive – this Friday, February 25 – his predecessors at the Élysée, François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy.
But the situation is also risky for the head of state.
Already attacked for the failure of his mediation in Moscow, the double hat of president-candidate would become a burden if the military situation worsens at the gates of Europe.
Slalom
How to respond to Vladmir Poutine in the morning and face Valérie Pécresse or Eric Zemmour in the evening?
Emmanuel Macron wanted a clear track for his candidacy, he will have to slalom to the end.
►Also read: Aggression of Ukraine: unanimous condemnation of Russia by the French political class
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