Faced with the leaders of the twenty-seven member countries of the European Union, meeting this Friday in Versailles, Emmanuel Macron took the floor to announce new sanctions to be planned against Russia and continued support for Ukraine.
“If some people thought that the war in our countries was part of history, for the past two weeks, President Putin’s choice of Russia has been to bring war back to Europe”, began by accusing the head of the ‘French State. He also warned: “If Putin intensifies the bombardments, lays siege to Kiev, if he further intensifies the scenes of war, we know that we will have to take massive sanctions again”.
He thus did not exclude that the Twenty-Seven attack the imports of gas, oil, although the States are very dependent on it. “Nothing is taboo,” said Emmanuel Macron.
Exports of luxury goods to Russia will also be banned, announced Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.
“We will be there to rebuild”
Support for Kiev was also discussed. “We support Ukraine today and we will support it as long as the war lasts, and we will be there to rebuild what Russia’s brutal and unjustified aggression destroyed,” said Emmanuel Macron.
At the same time, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, announced that he had “made a proposal to double the contribution (from the EU) with 500 million euros more for armaments in support of the Ukrainian army “.