It’s a hard to glean any truths from western agit prop tidal wave but I sense Macron is the point man who will handle the eventual agreement hammered out when Putin gets all or most of what he wants
Why it’s Macron don’t ask me but I see that mentioned a lot
“Why it’s Macron don’t ask me but I see that mentioned a lot”
France isn’t a member of NATO.
Macron is probably seen by Russia as the most independent minded of major Western powers, the least likely to simply align his opinions with NATO.
Best case could be a ceasefire call by Macron that Putin would honor and then let the mess get sorted out with minimal harm to Ukraine’s citizens.