“The President of the Republic ... confirmed the intention of France ... to work with its European partners on new sanctions,” the Elysee Palace said in a statement.
Macron also condemned the holding in the republics of Donbass, as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of a referendum on joining Russia and the subsequent annexation of these territories.
On September 30, Russian leader Vladimir Putin and the heads of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions signed agreements on the accession of these regions to Russia.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said that the EU countries will introduce new anti-Russian sanctions due to the voting.