The President of the Republic will then welcome the German Chancellor and the President of the European Commission to discuss the issues of “European economic sovereignty”.
Emmanuel Macron will participate Monday, February 28 in the afternoon in a videoconference with the American, Canadian, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish and Romanian leaders, as well as with representatives of the EU and NATO, “in order to continue the close coordination between allies and European partnerson the conflict in Ukraine, announced the Elysée.
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Emmanuel Macron will then welcome German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to the Élysée Palace for a working dinner with representatives of European industrialists to discuss “issues of European economic sovereignty, including in view of the events in Ukraineadded the French presidency.
Most of Emmanuel Macron’s program for the day will be devoted to the crisis since he is bringing together a defense and security council at 11 a.m., before meeting with Prime Minister Jean Castex. At 3 p.m., he will receive the President of Georgia, Salomé Zurabishvili, “to discuss regional stability issues in the context of the war in Ukraine“, according to the Elysee. Emmanuel Macron had already spoken with her by telephone on Saturday, affirming then his “determination to support partners in the eastern neighborhood“of the EU”against any attempt at tension and destabilization“.
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The head of French diplomacy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, had judged possible Friday that the Russian offensive in progress in Ukraine extends to Moldova and Georgia. The Élysée indicated that it was not “not excluded» that Olaf Scholz and Ursula von der Leyen participate from the Élysée Palace in the videoconference scheduled for 5:30 p.m. In addition to the Ukrainian file, the objective of the dinner which will follow is also to “prepare for the summit» organized under the French Presidency of the Council of the EU, on March 10 and 11, and «devoted to the European model of growth and investment“, underlined the presidency.
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