The French President warns his country to prepare for a total cut-off of Russian natural gas and says France needs to spend more on its military as the Ukraine war rages.
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned his country to prepare for a total cut-off of Russian natural gas and stressed the need for France to invest in its military as Russia persists with its invasion of Ukraine.
The President has called for a faster shift toward offshore wind farms and for more European cross-border energy cooperation as France looks to keep diversifying its gas sources. Mr Macron's political opponents have blamed European Union sanctions for reducing the purchasing power of French consumers while failing to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to pull troops out of Ukraine.
Emmanuel Macron waving next to Chief of Staff General Thierry Burkhard during the Bastille Day parade."What do you want us to do?" he asked."At the same time, we want to do everything so that Russia doesn't win, so that Ukraine can defend its territory.French air force jets trail smoke over the Champs-Élysées during the Bastille Day parade in Paris.
Mr Macron said France needed to keep on investing in its defence forces in view of Russia's invasion of Ukraine."On the contrary… we must reinvest in our stocks … we must be able to produce more munitions and faster.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Emmanuel Macron during the French President's visit to Kyiv in June.
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