“We had to create the conditions to be at the negotiating table, not coming to Quemander”, judges the national coordinator of rebellious France.
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“Unfortunately, all this shows the weakness of the European Union, of France vis-à-vis the American president but also vis-à-vis the Russian president”, Comments Monday August 18 on Franceinfo, Manuel Bompard, MP for Bouches-du-Rhône and national coordinator of Insoumise France, a few hours from the meeting in Washington between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders. Head of State Emmanuel Macron will also participate.
The rebellious considers that France and more broadly the European Union have “Restoring” rendered “ and do not manage “To play a driving role to get just a just and lasting peace” as quickly as possible “ in Ukraine. Manuel Bompard is responsible “Politicians implemented for years” which, according to him, consisted of aligning himself with the American positions which “make strategic changes in the United States”. With the arrival of the unpredictable American billionaire in the White House, “We pay the price”. For Manuel Bompard, “We must not have confidence in Donald Trump to carry the interests of France or the European Union”. For that, “You have to have confidence in France” more “We had to create the conditions to be at the negotiation table, not coming to beg”tackles the national coordinator of LFI. Result of the “weakness” of France and the European Union, “We are trying to create the conditions for a peace that is the least unfavorable for Ukraine”.
The rebellious deputy considers that “Unfortunately, the principle of realism applies” and that we must see that “Ukraine is in a very unfavorable position”. Moscow requires several conditions to achieve a peace agreement. Among them, the relaxation of sanctions against Russia, the impossibility for Ukraine to join NATO and above all, the abandonment by kyiv of the partly occupied regions of Donbass, Lougansk, Donetsk. The Ukrainian president was closed on Sunday on the issue. “It is impossible to give territories in our Constitution”a redit Volodymyr Zelensky. “The Ukrainians are in a difficult situation. We, in rebellious France, our position has always been the same: there cannot be a change of territory without the consultation of the populations concerned by these possible changes of territory”, reacts Manuel Bompard. He wishes a referendum “Under the aegis of international authorities” Even if he concedes that this would be very difficult to organize in these territories occupied by Russia.
Manuel Bompard returns to the controversy caused by Aurélien Taché, deputy for the group La France Insoumise. Guest of Franceinfo TV last Friday, he said: “We must move forward towards peace, there will be no perfect agreement. Mr. Putin no longer wants to deal with Mr. Zelensky, he considers that he will not be an interlocutor in the years to come. The man of war is rarely the man of peace. There will therefore certainly be on the side of Mr. Zelensky a reflection to have to wonder if it is not time to pass the hand for a real peace agreement to be found”. Aurélien Taché believes that“It is certainly time to open a new democratic page too so that peace can move forward”. For his part, Manuel Bompard assures that “It is not up to us to say whether Volodymyr Zelensky must leave or not”. He assures that Aurélien Taché is on the same line, and that the latter was content to “Place analysis elements” car “We know that one of the conditions for peace on the part of Vladimir Putin, it is the departure of the Ukrainian president”. The National Coordinator of LFI “Fear that this will happen”. He specifies: “I am not saying that this is what will happen but maybe, unfortunately, what will happen.”
