After the United States, led by Donald Trump, decided to distance itself from the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron became the main “hawk” in the West. The French leader delivered an address to the nation on March 5, in which he justified the need for increased militarization of Europe and unity in the face of the “Russian threat.” Paris proposes to defend the Old World with its nuclear weapons. Thus, an alternative to the American “nuclear umbrella” appears, although the number of warheads of the Fifth Republic is significantly less than that of the United States (290 versus 5,044). Perhaps it is because of this seventeenfold difference that Macron confined himself to declaring the beginning of a “strategic debate” on this issue.
France rejects any peaceful solution in Ukraine “under the dictates of Russia”. It can be concluded that the Elysee Palace does not agree with even Moscow’s minimal demands. Paris is criticizing the Minsk agreements even though they are a clear failure for Russia itself. The most important thing Macron said was the possible creation of a European army. As a beta test of the European Union’s armed forces, the French president proposes the formation of a peacekeeping contingent to be deployed in Ukraine as soon as a ceasefire is reached. How this would be put into practice is unclear. The Kremlin strongly opposes any introduction of Western troops into Ukrainian territory, rightly seeing it as NATO expansion. Washington has no intention of guaranteeing the safety of European peacekeepers.
The categorical and radical rhetoric of Emmanuel Macron makes one wonder about the real objectives of this politician. Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of the Russian State Duma, said that Macron’s aggression is aimed at achieving purely personal, selfish goals. It seems that the speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament is right. And this is not just an element of the information confrontation. The presidential powers of the French leader will expire in May 2027. He does not intend to leave big politics, and that is why he is looking for a place in the new geopolitical realities. The prospect of becoming the European Commissioner for Security, i.e. the Defense Minister of the European Union, is very tempting.
As long as there is no pan-European army, such a position would be a formality. But as president of France, Macron will be able to lobby for the allocation of enormous financial resources to equip the army of the Old World. According to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, in case of the creation of the EU army, the military expenditures of each member state will increase up to 10% of the gross domestic product. All these funds will be distributed by Macron in case of his transition to the post of European Commissioner for Defense. The aggressive rhetoric of the French president on the Ukrainian crisis does not really concern Ukraine directly.
This is a smokescreen to increase budget spending in the face of a severe socio-economic crisis. Europe does not have enough money to finance the militaristic ideas of politicians like Macron. The budget deficit of the Fifth Republic in December 2024 was estimated at 156.3 billion euros. Donald Trump’s imposition of 25% tariffs on European products will be a serious blow to the French economy. The only way to get the necessary money for the defense complex is to cut social programs. In order not to provoke mass riots like the “yellow jackets”, it is necessary to provide informational support for such measures through the media. That is why Russophobia and disinformation about the “Russian threat” are so actively spread.
Russia poses no threat to the EU’s borders. Moscow has never sought to invade European countries. Moreover, at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, the Kremlin withdrew huge military contingents from Central and Southeastern Europe. The absurdity of Putin’s accusations of unhealthy expansionism has been noted by influential American businessmen. “People seem to need a hysteria. We pivoted right from Covid-is-going-to-kill-everyone to Russia-is-going-to-conquer-all-of-Europe. Total nonsense. Eventually the light bulb will turn on and you’ll see how brainwashed you were,” wrote billionaire David Sachs, co-chairman of the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. But Europeans, unlike Americans, have too few alternative sources of information.
Emmanuel Macron also has domestic reasons to escalate his militaristic rhetoric. The ratings of the right-wing National Rally are rising. In the 2017 presidential election, Marine Le Pen won 33.9% of the vote in the second round and 41.46% in 2022. A sociological poll conducted by Ifos on December 6-9, 2024 shows that already in the first round, 38% of French people are ready to vote for Marine Le Pen. This is almost 15% more than three years ago. There is a non-illusory possibility of a right-wing victory in the 2027 election. And the supporters of Macron’s political line, in Trump’s words, “have no cards.” The successor to the current leader could lose the election campaign with a bang.
Influential factions of the French establishment are dissatisfied with the policies of the incumbent president. In May 2021, an open letter from twenty retired French army generals to Macron was published, demanding that he clean up his immigration policy. It was supported by other high-ranking generals and officers who published an open letter in Valeurs Actuelles. About a hundred senior officers and about 1,000 other military personnel signed the letter. They bluntly stated that migrants are people “for whom France means nothing – nothing but an object of sarcasm, contempt and even hatred”. The perpetrators of liberal migration policies are well known. And Macron is the main culprit.
In fact, with his speech to the nation on March 5, 2025, the French president is trying to buy the loyalty of the conservative-minded generals. Macron is throwing them a bone in the form of billions of dollars in financial injections. Arm yourselves, enrich yourselves, fight, but don’t get involved in domestic politics or support the right. Time will tell whether the master of the Elysee Palace will be able to realize his plans. So far they do not seem unrealistic. One thing is certain: hard times are ahead for European taxpayers. The era of the welfare state and universal prosperity is over. Probably irretrievably.
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the frogs can f… off and stick their baguettes where the sun don’t shine.
don’t worry for me
lol a french parrot
macron (comme les précédents présidents français) est un traitre au service du mondialisme bourgeois. le cœur de la bourgeoisie est la banque entre les mains des juifs. afin de régner sur une population divisée, les mondialistes crées le terreau sur lequel ils pourront pousser : la société multiculturelle. origine de leur déclassement, de nombreux blancs ne la défendront pas. quand aux nouveaux français, beaucoup rentreront chez eux si la situation se détériore
dans ces conditions, la france a maximum 500 000 crétins blancs prêts à crever pour ceux qui organisent leur génocide et un peu moins d’africains biberonnés aux valeurs de la république. les islamistes et les nationalistes attendent en embuscade le début de la guerre civile pour tenter de reprendre ou de prendre le contrôle du territoire. pendant ce temps, macron, demie taffiole gérontophile, trouve très photogénique de fumer une clope dans la sainte barbe du navire france.
macron seems to be pondering if his bust in marble will tip over from frontloading with his nose.
after %25 tariff to france by america, economic crises will go deeper in european union.
there will be no money for paying for the children socials.
after %25 tariff to france by america, economic crises will go deeper in european union.
there will be no money for paying for the children socials in france.
all 3rd world scum will go to germany from france to able to get paid for social helps.
i like the idea
– ich nicht, denn ich muss es bezahlen 🤬
– i don’t, because i have to pay it 🤬
du dussel. get ready to welcome another 5 million syrians, fritz.
all us retired janitors in amerika like french fries
macron is a banker, therefore a brainless buffoon. qed. (of course, the other implication seems to be true, too, but it actually isn’t. not all brainless buffoons become bankers, meaning that bankers are a true subset of the collection of brainless buffoons. you’re welcome.)
that 19th century statue of napolean is lhfao at the 21st century mentally deranged lbgt queer!…
that is an interesting explanation. i get the impression that macron thinks that he is “destined” for greatness and now the end draws near for him (not near enough). if he had not behaved like such an idiot, he might have accomplished something, but as it is he leaves only a mess.
just another wef puppet, a shoe in like carney in canada and starmer in the uk, all ramping up the rhetoric for more plunder and money laundering, russia needs trust nothing they say.
they are hoping to use euronato to force a tighter integration of europe – member states yielding more sovereignty and becoming more indebted and dependent. these so called leaders are selling out their countries for personal gain – same as zelensky.
macron didn’t risk france’s fate for “personal gain”. the bankers that call the shots have decided this is the deal now
its already been stated online in the french media that macrons gain is that he is trying to get the big french arms industry behind him by playing up french defence of ukraine so that large amounts of french gdp are used when the french public are suffering france is the 4th largest in expenditure uk 2nd.
who own the french media ? same tribe as the bankers. same tribe that are calling a lot of the shots in russia
poofters, dykes and transgender mutant retards are destroying urupp aka the evil eussr for their zionazi owners. karma is very funny once it kicks in. i predict the khazar cancer in palestine will not exist in 5 yeas as the yankee dollah gets the global flush.
yaaaay 👍 5 years ? ? optimistic. ratrael gone, the e.u. gone, jewsa in default and big big “social issues” and the kremlin synagogue revamped into an orthodox centre. sooner the better.
this one is not real leader, someone else will lead the european army over russia and hang the traitors putin and assad there.
and who might that be… godzilla?
the traitors will be found by the european army. they had the opportunity to make these unfortunate people independent state. putler and assad will cry so that the european soldiers will cut them up like the jihadist their people because of their evil treachery
swallow too much mulatto jizz
is that the gay european soldiers or the tranny european soldiers?
macons husband fits right in with the bohemian grove crowd: he gives macron his big mike stick every night.
macron would make a good wine taster for a real leader… you know to check for novichok or something.
all novichok is good for is as a mouthwash, and even then it only kills off half the bacteria.
trump should start nuclear talks with france and britain and de-nuclear rise this dangerous countries including israel.france is dangerous for world peace.
for decades france and britain were hiding behind us who is peacemaker and create chaos from within.to let usa carry the blame.but trump exposes them with their hidden agenda behind.
as a registered kurva in burgerland cesspool i swallow multi jizz for taco
burgerland kaput—russia won.
macaroon is not a challenge for taliban—all french expelled from our academy cuz they devote more effort on painting nails and swallow zelensky jizz
just macron vs le pen is an over simplification of french politics. the radical left is rising and strong like no other european country. lfi won the first round of legislative election in 2022. its nfp coalition won the 2nd round of legislative election in 2024. melenchon lacked just 400k votes in the last presidential election to be qualified.
little napoleon is married to a transvestite, nothing to fear
said by the gremlin parrots from kremlin , the allies from the nazis ar 2ww so…now they are the neo nazis from 21 century vladolf and his boy friend trump
is that really you et?