Speaking on RTL, Attal said: “First of all, we have to ask ourselves the question, will we accept the prospect that at some point Russia will win?
An authoritarian country can take control of a democratic country by force.”
The French president previously announced plans to “create a ninth coalition for deep strikes” to supply bombs and long-range missiles to Ukraine.
He also said that the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine cannot be ruled out.
The leader of the Unbowed France party, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then said that “a war against Russia would be madness,” and the leader of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, noted that Macron was trying to “play warlord.”