Posted on 05/09/2022 10:40:25 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Emmanuel Macron has warned it could take decades for Ukraine to join the EU as he proposed a new political organisation on the continent.
During a speech marking Europe Day in Strasbourg, the French president said 'we all know perfectly that the process of allowing (Ukraine) to join would take several years, in fact probably several decades.'
He added: 'That is the truth, unless we decide to lower the standards for accession. And rethink the unity of our Europe.'
He also said that Europe must learn from its past mistakes to ensure Russia is not 'humiliated' in peace negotiations.
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Interesting but seems a typical French twist.
A little late saying that!
Another ridiculous statement by Macron. He’s clearly referring to the treaty of Versailles laying the groundwork for World War ii. Nobody is trying to peel away parts of Russia -as France did from Germany -, nor impose draconian and punitive economic sanctions. The only demand, quite literally, is that Russian simply stop invading Ukraine and go back to where they came from.<p
If Russia finds that humiliating because it means they wasted all those lives for nothing, that is their problem. If they want to keep fighting, they can do so.
The surrender monkeys strike again!
He’s quite mad you know...
Does barring them from everything and anything for the next 50 years and have them finance the reconstruction of Ukraine qualify as "humiliating" them?
“An abundance of caution.” Timid politicians who rely on charisma would seem to be an oxymoron, but there you are.
Tiptoeing around on eggshells is no way to run a country. Macron is relying on a huge store of diplomatic history and general good-will toward France, that the nation is not reverted to a third or fourth rate power. They are already second-rate.
Macron is 100% correct. Too many unthinking people on this board. When did FR get infiltrated by so many leftists?
This might be the only time I've ever agreed with Macron.
Cartoon says it all. Frenchie fag-boy is 100th of Zelensky. Just look at Zelensky’s wife.
Vlad is humiliating himself without a lot of help from anyone else.
But, they need to feel enough “pain” so others don’t do this crap in the future.
? Sorry I’m not sure of your meaning.
Funny we ask the same question about how all these Moscow mouth pieces survive on FR. And then we put our wallets away.
Diplomacy could have avoided this war. Macron warned about the rhetoric by Biden prior to Russia’s invasion.
Fair enough. But what is to be done with the breakaway Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk?
I liked him better when he was reminding Pooty that France had nukes too.
However, he did propose that any peace treaty be signed at the Palace of Versailles and insisted on reparations.
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