“It is not the confidence that reigns”: between France and Russia, tense relations

• Emmanuel Macron is on the way to Washington, in order to support Ukraine in peace negotiations.
• The French President advocates maintaining pressure on Russia as long as a ceasefire has not been signed.
• Does her posture place France as the main enemy of Russia in Europe?

– "it not confidence reigns": between

At the meeting of the “volunteer coalition”. Nevertheless, allies of Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron hammered the need to maintain pressure on Russia. Moreover, A “it not confidence reigns”: between new illustration of disagreement in recent years between the two actors, when Paris has long maintained dialogue with Moscow? Consequently, “”It must be said that in the bilateral relationship between France. Russia, it is not necessarily the confidence that reigns between these two countries“Explains Baptiste Garguy-Cartier, LCI political journalist, in the video at the top of this article.

According to General Thierry Burkhard on July 11. Russia has “openly designated France as its first opponent in Europe“And makes France a”priority target“As part of a”hybrid war“, he said. The Ministry of the Armed Forces. contacted by TF1 auditors, said that the General referred to a VTSIOM survey among the Russian population, which indicates that 48% of respondents place France as a country maintaining the most tense and hostile relations with Russia.

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France has. in fact, been targeted by Russia through companions of disinformation, espionage, “Cyberattacks aimed at French companies or sites“Explains the journalist. Last March. Emmanuel Macron had proposed to use the French nuclear arsenal as a umbrella to protect Europe, which had not been to the taste of Vladimir Putin.”Unlike his predecessors, who also sought to fight Russia – Napoleon and Hitler -, Mr. Macron does not act in a very diplomatic way“. He said, referring to the military campaign of “it not confidence reigns”: between Napoleon Bonaparte in 1812, which ended in disastrous failure.