Supply weapons to Ukraine and keep hitting Russia. François Hollande declined this Thursday at the microphone of France Inter his convictions in the resolution of the conflict started on February 24 by Vladimir Poutine.
To avoid “the status quo”, and that “the war settles on a kind of frozen conflict”, François Hollande recommends “continuing to supply arms to the Ukrainians, to punish Russia economically, and finally to isolate Vladimir politically Cheese fries “. The ex-president also denounces a form of indulgence towards the Russian president on the part of the political class, and Emmanuel Macron.
François Hollande warned of the risk of a certain weariness with regard to the conflict. “Some people wonder is it worth it, for a few pieces of territory, to freeze over in winter? If we indulge this inclination, authoritarian regimes will win,” he warned.
“Russian propaganda is everywhere”
Asked about the words of Ségolène Royal, who had questioned the reality of the Russian bombardment of the Mariupol maternity hospital, the former president considers that he speaks of a “poor assessment of the situation”. “She was brought to deny her words and she did well. Russian propaganda is everywhere,” he said.
Another subject of this return, energy and particularly nuclear power, which François Hollande is accused of having “rolled” by certain members of the opposition. As a reminder, under his five-year term, the president had set the objective of reducing the share of nuclear power in electricity production to 50% by 2025.
A bad idea ? “It was legitimate to shut down reactors designed to operate for 40 years. (…) The share of nuclear power will in any case drop gradually with renewables and the power stations will be replaced by new reactors, defended François Hollande. During my five-year term, the production of electricity of nuclear origin did not vary: 400 terawatts at the start, 400 terawatts at the end”.
Finally, François Hollande returned to the National Council for Refoundation launched this Thursday in Marcoussis (Essonne). An appointment wanted by Emmanuel Macron, ultimately boycotted by the opposition and many unions. “We always try to invent mechanisms, institutions, things that could be useful; we will judge by experience, ”he said.