Emmanuel Macron’s turn to Russia makes EU uneasy
Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron
A burst of diplomatic activity by French president Emmanuel Macron to repair the EU’s frayed relations with Moscow has triggered alarm in other European capitals, where suspicion of Russian leader Vladimir Putin runs deep. The Financial Times agency stated this in an article.
Macron’s immediate aim has been to broker talks between Vladimir Putin and the new Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, to try to end the Russian-backed separatist war in eastern Ukraine. A peace summit, the first in three years, is expected in Paris this month following last week’s exchange of prisoners by Kyiv and Moscow.
But the French leader has a broader ambition — to strengthen European ties to Russia to secure Moscow’s co-operation in other international crises, in particular the dangerous dispute over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
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Well-written article, the rest is worth reading. It's not just one side, Macron seems to be trying a carrot-and-stick approach, "Russia, better yourselves and may we can help you as well". Kind of strange how Trump was saying similar as if the two could have discussed it, Macron and Trump I mean.
