The Kremlin deployed a Talking Head team on Thursday morning, pouring light corn on French President Macron, further denounced him from duplication, nuclear subrelatting, bad manners and the living embodiment of both Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler.
French President Emmanuel Macron addressed his country and the world on Wednesday evening, laying out his vision of Europe taking up the slackness of Europe supporting Ukraine and taking responsibility for its own defense. President Donald Trump has pledged to bring peace to Europe, but at least a continent that is not entirely dependent on American taxpayers for his own defense is also a key part of his agenda, and may be actively received in Washington.
The same could not be said about Moscow. This responded to anger on Thursday morning after Macron's speech. The attacks on Macron ranged from very serious to rather absurd, including accusing Paris of violating “diplomatic etiquette and decency,” a particular abolition of self-awareness from a country like Russia.
On Thursday, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Macron's position was “very confrontational” and that Paris is proving that he is “looking for a continuation of the war.” He insisted: This is already such nuclear rhetoric, and this is an assertion against European nuclear leaders. So it's very, very confrontational. ”
Of course, security is exactly the purpose of nuclear weapons. The purpose is to deter. Nevertheless, Macron's speech touched on new German and French plans to expand Franco's “nuclear umbrella” over Central Europe. This is very sensitive even if Russia has been acting very suspiciously in recent years against the 1968 treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Leonid Slatsky, chairman of the International Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives of Russia, is one of the cast of Russian critics, who constantly denounces the West of escalator action, said Macron is leading the “European War Party” and bids to take World War III. According to Russian state media, he responded to a speech in Paris. “He's not talking about peace. He's talking about World War II.
“Macron is a prominent representative of the last generation of Western European elites, unable to solve the internal issues of the country, but he is trying to “save the face” through the harsh, exaggerated, foreign policy rhetoric. Such politicians are pushing the world towards nuclear disasters for their own ambitions. But they will inevitably lose! ”
Slutsky also accused Macron of trying out the “new Napoleon Armor” for size. This is an important touchstone for Russia's self-identity regarding Europe. Napoleon is mostly remembered by the Russians, the great strategists in the West outside of England, but he is a encouraging reminder of their winter efficacy as an anvil that crushes the enemy.
And the MP was not the only Russian to rely on that idea. In fact, something usually relatively stable and modest – at least compared to Kremlin hotheads like Pekov and Slatsky, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded to Macron's speech with a suspicious rage. Russia is trying to reject the claim that it is preparing for an irrational and irrational war with the wider Europe. Lavrov said, “Unlike his predecessor, he wanted a fight with Russia – Napoleon, Hitler – Macron does not act diplomatically.
“They said openly: 'We have to conquer Russia, we have to defeat Russia.' And he apparently wants the same thing, but for some reason he says that Russia needs to risk France and Europe so that he doesn't beat France, as he needs to fight Russia. ”
Russia will consider, for example, a move to deploy Ukrainian European troops to the east as a peacekeeping force, and will deploy French nuclear weapons as a “threat” and an act of war, Lavrov said.
While these accusations from Kremlin figures have become the standard for courses during the Ukrainian War, some comments that speak in particular about France and Germany's involvement in the Ukrainian War reveal something else about the Moscow worldview. Personal spokesmen for both Putin and Lavrov took the time today to individually quote former French president François Hollande, who was the leader of Russia's first invasion in 2014, to prove the points about France's evil unexpected friendship.
Both raised that point Specific 2022 interviews With former President Holland, the Ukrainian publisher Kiev Independent. At the time, this article had no influence on Western media, but Moscow immediately took it up as evidence of Europe and the production of conflict with Russia through Ukraine for its own purposes.
surely, Russian President Putin This cited an interview shortly after it was published, citing Hollande's comments that the 2014 Minsk contract was intended to give Ukraine time to reiRM It has been repeatedly cited by the Kremlin ever since.
Elsewhere in Europe, it would be better to take Macron's Wednesday night speech. Approximately 20 European countries are said to have expressed interest in the Anglo-France program for “Wishly Union”,' I'll report it Daily telegraph. But as the US has previously stated, inevitably Some of these countries have very small troops with no real combat experience.
Canada has since said it has also been interested in its involvement, saying it is willing to make an accidental contribution to Ukrainian peace forces.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tass, a major globalist and former Eurocrat, has called for a call for Europe to “win” in Russia, following Macron's speech. He said“Everyone is determined to take on this challenge. The war in Ukraine, the new approach of the US administration to Europe, and, above all, the arms race launched by Russia, will undoubtedly bring about a completely new challenge for us. Europe must take on this arms race and win it.
“I am sure Russia will lose this race just as the Soviet Union lost a similar arms race 40 years ago. It is also the only way to avoid a massive conflict.”
Ukrainian President Zelensky meets with European leaders in Brussels today as the European Union discusses defence spending and peace plans.
