President of France, Emmanuel Macron, insists that we should not rule out the hypothesis that Europeans must if necessary, send military forces to Ukraineor stop the Russian invasion.

In an interview published this Sunday by the newspaper Le Parisien, Macron emphasizes that “many European countries, and not the smallest ones, are on our line.”So as not to show weakness in front of the Kremlin.

“Maybe at the moment – I don’t want it, I won’t take the initiative – field operations requiredwhatever they are, in order to contain Russian forces,” he points out. “The strength of France is that we can do this,” he adds.

“Many countries in Europe, and not the smallest ones, “They’re on our line” Macron emphasizes.

When asked if military planners are working on hypothetical plans, he replies: “It is our duty to prepare for all scenarios.”

Macron maintains the tough tone towards the Kremlin that he has defended in recent weeks: President Vladimir “Putin is making a speech of fear, we cannot be intimidated.”

And he emphasizes that Europe is not facing a “great power.” Russia is a middle power with nuclear weapons, but their GDP is much lower than that of the Europeans, lower than that of Germany and France.”

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Therefore, he believes that the most important thing is restore the authority of Ukraine’s allies: “How can we say that Russia cannot win a war, and then take on the previous limits, while it is she (Russia) who takes responsibility for the escalation, manipulates the ambiguity, the lack of restrictions and threats?”

The interview took place on Friday evening. on the plane on which Macron returned from Berlin After a meeting with the heads of government of Germany and Poland, Olaf Scholz and Donald Tusk, they respectively focused on facilitating the supply of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine.

The French leader says that there are no strategic differences with Germany and that he never maintained personal differences with Chancellor Scholz.

“We have a great similarity of points of view on goals and the situation. Another thing is the way they are translated.” in practice, Macron emphasizes.

An example is that Berlin continues refusing to send Taurus medium-range missiles to Ukraine, although Great Britain and France supplied Kyiv with similar systems.

(according to information from EFE)