Highlights: Emmanuel Macron has put Ukraine back at the heart of his diplomatic, but also political, agenda. This Thursday, March 7, the President of the Republic receives party leaders at the Élysée in Saint-Denis format. This is the Ukraine sequence, act 2 for Emmanuel Macron. The war brings to the fore the questions of “sovereignty, defense, energy”. A minister also explains that we must put the debate around this election at the right level: “war or peace”

Emmanuel Macron has put Ukraine back at the heart of his diplomatic, but also political, agenda. This Thursday, March 7, the President of the Republic receives party leaders at the Élysée in Saint-Denis format,…

Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine: the Europeans in the crosshairs

Emmanuel Macron has put Ukraine back at the heart of his diplomatic, but also political, agenda.

This Thursday, March 7, the President of the Republic receives party leaders at the Élysée in Saint-Denis format, therefore behind closed doors, to talk about Ukraine before a debate organized on March 12 at the National Assembly and on March 13. March in the Senate, on the security pact concluded with kyiv.

French President Emmanuel Macron attends the Franco-Czech nuclear forum in Prague, Czech Republic, March 5, 2024. © Eva Korinkova / Reuters

By: Valérie Gas Follow

As the European elections approach,

Emmanuel Macron

is continuing his strategy which aims to “awaken public opinion” on the issues at stake in the Ukrainian conflict.

This is the Ukraine sequence, act 2 for Emmanuel Macron.

By meeting

French party leaders

, the president engages the political aspect of his remobilization strategy around the war in Ukraine.

The latter had been launched since President Zelensky's visit to France and

the conference on aid to Ukraine

organized in Paris.

At the end of this, he put his foot down, raising the possibility of sending troops there.

Europeans in the crosshairs

This closed session is a way for the president to put the Ukrainian issue back at the heart of the European and national debate, in an agenda that owes nothing to chance.

In three months, there are the European elections.

And to hear an elected representative from the majority: “

for the first time, we are going to touch people’s daily lives

” in this campaign.

The war brings to the fore the questions of “sovereignty, defense, energy”.

A minister also explains that we must put the debate around this election at the right level: “war or peace”, in particular by asking the question to the National Rally.

And to know if the party wants “Russia’s victory or not?”

Emmanuel Macron therefore puts on his costume as a war and campaign leader.

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Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine: the Europeans in the crosshairs

Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine: the Europeans in the crosshairs

Europeans in the crosshairs

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