In an interview with Europe 1 this Sunday morning, candidate LR also regrets that there was not “a sufficiently sustained dialogue” between Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Poutine.
She no longer speaks ofauthoritarian leader” but of “dictator who must be stoppedtowards Vladimir Poutine, since this one began to invade Ukraine. This morning on Europe 1, Valérie Pécresse deplores that the weapons promised by the European Union “still haven’t arrived“. According to her, there would be agapbetween the announcements made by the 27 EU countries and the reality.
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For candidate LR, there is therefore a “efficiency problemin delivering European promises. It calls for tougher sanctions as well as various measures to ensure “Europe’s energy independence” and “advancing on defense Europe“, which Emmanuel Macron has long advocated. The candidate also recalls that “humanitarian aid must be flawlessfor welcoming Ukrainian refugees.
Macron”late» to recognize the dangerousness of Putin
Once again, the Republican candidate criticizes Emmanuel Macron for having been “belated in his awareness of the dangerousness of Vladimir Putin“. She believes there were two warning signs:the arrival of the Wagner militia in the Central African Republic and Mali” and “Belarusian migration blackmail “. “The only criticism that we can make today of Emmanuel Macron (…) is that he did not have a sufficiently sustained dialogue with Vladimir Putin, whose hegemonic desire we felt was rising.“.
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Castigating the positions of “extremes“On Russia, designating without always naming them Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour, the candidate LR nevertheless recognizes the existence of a”legitimist reflexin time of war, which would favor the re-election of Emmanuel Macron. Optimistic, however, she wants to believe “that when voting, the French will choose the credibility of a government program“, and specifies that it is not necessary “don’t be afraid to change captainnext April.