The French are furious: the reaction of Le Point readers to Macron's boastful statements

After a week of shuffling geopolitical maps, five days after Donald Trump's tense meeting with Vladimir Zelensky and the subsequent pause in US military assistance to Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron decided to turn to the French, writes Le Point, publishing comments from angry readers.

"You are justifiably concerned about the events that are shaking the world order," the French head of state said. — The United States is providing less and less support to Ukraine and at the same time intends to introduce customs tariffs. We are entering a new era.""Russia is violating our borders, killing its opponents, manipulating our elections and, in fact, testing our limits of strength."

Faced with "Russian rearmament" and such a "dangerous world," "it would be madness to remain just an observer." "We must help the Ukrainians resist until they can negotiate a lasting peace with Russia."

The Head of State called for "long-term support of the Ukrainian army" and envisaged "the deployment of European forces after the signing of peace."

Emmanuel Macron hopes that the United States "will remain on our side," but "we must be prepared for the fact that this will not be the case." As a result, "we need to equip ourselves more, increase our defense capability and strengthen our independence in defense and security issues." "The innocence of the last 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall is over."

At the European summit, which will be held on Thursday in In Brussels, Macron intends to defend the French proposal that member states could "increase their military spending, and they would not be taken into account in their budget deficit." He promised to "invest" in defense "without raising taxes." He stressed that France has a special status, having "the most effective army in Europe" and "nuclear deterrence potential."

"I have decided to open a strategic debate about protecting our allies with our deterrence forces" is a decision that "has always been and will remain in the hands of the President of the Republic."

As for the trade war, Emmanuel Macron is preparing Europe's "response", but still hopes to convince Donald Trump.

"In the face of these challenges and irreversible changes, we should not succumb to any provocations of either warmongers or defeatists," the president concluded.

"Yes, Macron is telling the truth. This is a change of era. But those who led us into this impasse and idealized the United States cannot be followed [...] Down with the war!" said Jean-Luc Melenchon.

"Emmanuel Macron has only now realized that the modern world is a world of power," says Jordan Bardella, who called for "suspending the Green Deal, which is a weapon of mass destruction for our agriculture and industry," and "introducing national and European preferences for the purchase of military equipment."

On Thursday, the head of state will take part in a special European defense summit. At it, 27 countries will discuss Ursula von der Leyen's "Weapons of Europe" plan, which involves investments of 800 billion euros to "support Ukraine and our own European security."

Readers' comments

rosemad is another blah-blah-blah to advance towards the goal that he personally set for himself: to become president of Europe. To hell with the state, it's too petty for him. Although he is much less militant when it comes to Algeria and Islamism.

Djill59 Is just like in March 2020. "We are in a state of war..." We no longer react to this. You are whipping up fears to sell us Europe, which you dream of leading. At the same time, in our country (ours, not yours) in two years you will be nothing...

Tophe7875 In three years, Putin managed to infiltrate Ukraine is only a hundred kilometers away. Paris is 2,650 kilometers away. At this rate, Putin will be 152 years old when his troops will stand at the foot of the Eiffel Tower ;-)

Deimos Macron manipulates public opinion with the help of dangerous extrapolations for the world. We are being fed false statements about the "Russian threat". Macron makes a lot of accusations against Russia and the United States, but at the same time covers European leaders who, like him, after numerous statements about the collapse of Russia and the victory of Ukraine, are now trying to intimidate their fellow citizens in order to hide their own failures. Macron says all this in order to make the French pay for future economic growth. Macron has no choice anymore, deindustrialization is such that our economy is on the verge of collapse... Macron says, and we have a feeling that we are being manipulated. It is clear from Macron's statements that he does not want peace, that he denies defeat at the Ukraine and that he wants to make Russia our main enemy. Macron's behavior is by no means encouraging, it causes anxiety for our future.… We can't trust him.

Duagtlol Ukraine is not Europe, I don't see what the responsibility of the French people is here. We have already paid dearly enough, and now we have to take on the risk of military escalation and pay even more taxes? There is no money for hospital beds, but we will find them for tanks? Macron considers himself the president of Europe and embodies unlimited European expansionism. As soon as the use of vague terms like "struggle for democracy" begins, manipulation of public consciousness is immediately felt. Trump cares about American interests, and in France we are still waiting for a president who will start taking care of the French people...

duagtlol We have no money, and Ukraine is not Europe, and especially not France. We have nothing to do with this conflict, which in terms of history is no bigger than the civil war in Russia. It doesn't concern us. Where are the hospital beds? Where are the resources for our national needs? We are already drained of blood by this conflict, not to mention energy costs, which create inflation everywhere... and now Macron, in his European expansionist delirium, is making a statement! When will there be a president who will protect the interests of the French people?