• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    It is a remarkable about-face, to be honest. Before, he was the one major NATO leader that was openly, clearly trying to pursue aggressive diplomatic options with Russia regarding the Ukraine War. Now, he’s the one major NATO leader that’s openly discussing the possibility of sending his troops into Ukraine to help push Russia back.

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      7 months ago

      I mean, Macron was always supportive of stronger European military cooperation, and France always had that “screw the US” mentality and always insisted on strategic autonomy

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      7 months ago

      Did he do so?

      The last I heard was that he wasn’t ruling out sending ground troops to Ukraine – which is what UK is already doing. Mind, that ground troops aren’t soldiers per se, but mostly technical personell supporting the usage of weapons, for example repairing equipment and helping with the programming of missiles. But I haven’t heard any plans from him – just the classical strategic ambiguity.

      But to be honest, I don’t follow french politics in detail.