Putin is “a predator, a fire at our gates”, which “must still devour” to survive, “Macron said in an interview with LCI television, broadcast on Tuesday morning. Later he posted a comment on Platform X, in which he also warned about Russia's intentions.
As the AFP agency noted, the French president – once calling not to humiliate Putin – He is far from the optimism of US President Donald Trump regarding the end of the war in Ukraine.
In an interview with Macron He pointed out that Putin rarely kept his obligations in the past. – He sought to revise borders to expand his power. Russia has become a permanent destabilizing force and a potential threat to many of us – said the French president. As a moment of such a change, he mentioned 2007-2008. He emphasized that when such logic is connected with the political system, which is the heritage of the Soviet regime, “it is very difficult to turn back”.
Macron far from Trump's optimism
Earlier, in an interview with American television, NBC News Macron admitted that he did not share Trump's optimism. – When I look at the situation, at the facts, I do not see that President Putin would now want peace, but maybe I'm too pessimistic – he said.
Also on Tuesday, the French president posted a short comment on Platform X, attaching photos from conversations in Washington with Trump, European leaders and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelnski. – Today Russia does not give any signal that it wants peace. Experience from the last 15 years is that [Putin] He does not negotiate in the matter of peace every time he thinks he will win through the war, “Macron said.
