Macron’s push to arm Europe getting more dangerous

Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend was the grimmest proof yet that French President Emmanuel Macron’s diagnosis of the security challenges facing the European Union is correct, Bloomberg reported on April 16 in an article titled “Macron’s Push to Arm Europe Is Getting More Urgent — and More Dangerous.” The French leader’s problem, however, is that he has not yet achieved the support of French voters in the face of his hardline position to escalate a conflict with Russia by sending French troops to Ukraine. On the contrary, he has attracted the antipathy of some allies, both at home […]
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‘Rafale’ jets for Serbia – wise geopolitical move or disastrous waste of money?

Back in late October 2017, Russia donated six MiG-29 fighter jets to Serbia. Less than a year and a half later, Belarus did the same, donating four aircraft of the same type. This was a major boost for Belgrade, as it previously had only four (three of which were airworthy) MiG-29 fighter jets that survived NATO aggression in 1999. Moscow’s and Minsk’s military aid was instrumental in preserving the Serbian Air Force and Air Defense (RViPVO), as it brought the number of operational fighter jets to 14, an increase of 250%. Serbia paid for and conducted the modernization, bringing all jets to the MiG-29SM+ […]
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Macron’s visit to Brazil failed to change Lula’s position on Ukraine

The meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was an attempt by the French president to obtain the support of his Brazilian counterpart in favour of Ukraine. However, although French-Brazilian bilateral ties were advanced during Macron’s visit to Latin America’s biggest country on March 26-28, Lula reinforced his country’s neutrality in the Ukraine conflict. At the same time, disputes over the Mercosur and European Union agreement—another point of divergence between the two leaders—also showed no progress. Macron and Lula were photographed smiling in the city of Belém, where they agreed to raise more than $1 billion for […]
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In case of either tactical or strategic clashes with Russia, France would lose both

In the last several weeks, French President Emmanuel Macron has been blowing hot and cold about his country’s direct involvement in Ukraine. While he’s been insisting that sending troops “should not be excluded”, French authorities haven’t been as determined. In fact, several high-ranking officials have tried playing the “words taken out of context” card, but Macron’s rather emotional outbursts of belligerence effectively nullified such efforts, putting the said officials in hot water as they were still trying to keep the diplomatic lines of communication with Russia open. Initially, Moscow was quite lenient and encouraged its “partners” in Paris explain themselves. However, French diplomacy not only failed to […]
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Italy blasts France and Poland for wanting to send troops to Ukraine

by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher The French government intends to build an alliance with the Baltic countries that agree with the proposal to send troops to fight against Russia, according to Politico. However, the fact France is working with the minnow states of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia to send troops to Ukraine is a demonstration of the failure to materialise support in major EU countries, such as Germany and Italy. According to an article in the American magazine The Atlantic published on March 9, the French Foreign Minister, Stéphane Séjourné, made the proposal during his meeting in […]
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Macron prioritises Ukraine despite downgraded economic recovery outlook in 2024

by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher Bleak economic prospects further hurt France’s fragile economy, but President Emmanuel Macron still insists on prioritising assistance for Ukraine and pursuing anti-Russia agendas rather than dealing with the ever-increasing problems in his own country. French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire reduced the country’s economic growth forecast to 1% in 2024 and announced that the Macron government would cut spending, estimated to be about €10 billion, in all ministries and in some programs to compensate for the drop in productivity and to meet obligations to reduce France’s budget deficit by 4.4% in 2024. “The principle […]
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French mercenaries obliterated in Kharkov, bad omen for NATO personnel in Ukraine

On January 16, Russian military sources reported that a missile strike was launched at the headquarters of a group of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine. Reports indicate that the targeted personnel were mostly French military contractors and that the precision strike resulted in at least 80 casualties, of which over 60 were KIA (killed in action). The sources further posit that the neutralized personnel were highly trained specialists whose assignments involved specific Western-made weapon systems that regular, forcibly conscripted Ukrainians are simply not trained to handle. Russian military sources also indicate that the strike put some of the most effective long-range weapons in […]
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France IV by Jack Heart & Jon Valentine Lee

When I awoke, I went to the outsized double windows of Orage’s loft like room that served as a combination, living room, dining room and kitchen. The sun was shining, and a chilly wind was whipping down the alleyway below. Wares were set in front of stores, and tables were already set out for the cafés. The French, an attractive people who are rarely overweight, streamed in a constant two-way procession, some were carrying bread others seemingly just out for a stroll, many trailed children, dogs or both. Orage with the red decor of BlackRock’s café in the background We […]
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France III, in the Footsteps of Otto Rahn by Jack Heart

Just Another Americain in Paris
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Pashinyan doubles down on his suicidal tilt toward increasingly impotent West

As the disastrous exodus of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh (known as Artsakh to indigenous Armenians) is in its last phases, the Sorosite Nikol Pashinyan seems more determined than ever to ensure the same fate for Armenia proper. His tilt toward France is a futile attempt to get at least one Western power interested enough to get involved on the side of Armenia, or at least that’s what it seems like on the outside. However, the harsh reality is that Pashinyan has managed to make Yerevan more isolated than ever before, a fact that’s being used to the maximum by its […]
#Armenia #Azerbaijan #France #NATO #Russia #Turkey #War

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