The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron answered questions from Caroline Roux in L’Événement on France 2. He known as for “accountability” on the blockade of oil depots and stated that Russia and Ukraine must come to the negotiating desk.
Emmanuel Macron performed the question-and-answer sport throughout this primary televised interview, primarily addressing worldwide points. But it surely was unimaginable to not point out the power disaster and the scenario of blocking gasoline depots and refineries. And subsequently requisitions on the request of the federal government. It needed to be carried out,” defined the President of the Republic, “as a result of we can not depart the nation blocked, as a result of there are some individuals who need to go even additional, whereas an settlement has been reached.
And if the dialogue doesn’t succeed? “At a time when we have now struggle, (…) everybody should (…) take all their obligations (…) I’m for negotiation, by no means for blocking. How can our compatriots who’re lining up in the midst of the evening to search out gasoline perceive this?”
France will not be at struggle
Seven months after the start of the struggle, Russia nonetheless sells its fuel and oil at very advantageous costs. To the purpose of casting doubt on the effectiveness of sanctions. Is that this the appropriate technique? Now we have taken focused sanctions,” says the president. Not in opposition to Russia or the Russian folks, however in opposition to the pursuits of these closest to the regime (…) to hinder the financing of the Kremlin’s struggle effort. And these sanctions are “working as a result of Russia right this moment is deeply destabilized. The president clarified: “I repeat, we’re not at struggle (…) The objectives of the Ukrainians are to regain their 1991 borders and subsequently, in some unspecified time in the future, (…) we must return to the desk [of negotiations].”
As for the query of borders and territorial integrity, “it’s to start with as much as the Ukrainians to resolve, it isn’t as much as France or anybody else. And it isn’t as a result of we ship weapons that we will resolve for them.
Emmanuel Macron added: “At any time when needed, I’ll communicate to Vladimir Putin and in some unspecified time in the future, I hope as quickly as doable, there will likely be a peace dialogue with Ukraine on one facet and Russia on the opposite.
