Europa has responded together with the russian invasion of Ukrainebut it shows signs of fracture in the face of an eventual conflict resolution, as has been made clear once again by some statements by the French president, Emmanuel Macron. In an interview on French television, Macron said this weekend that Europe should prepare to offer “security guarantees to Russia” once the parties sit down again in the negotiating tablesome words that have not been liked in kyiv or in other capitals of neighboring countries with Russia. “It is the civilized world that should receive ‘security guarantees’ in the face of the barbaric intentions of a post-Putin Russia,” replied the adviser to the Ukrainian president, Mikhailo Podoliak.
Since the start of the war in February, Macron has tried to keep open the communication channels with the Kremlin and stand in intermediary of a possible solution negotiated, but their positions are far removed from the position held by Ukraine and the Baltic countriesthe most threatened by the Russian expansionism. It was already seen a few months ago, when the French president stated that Russia should not be humiliated once the arms fell silent, and it has been seen again now by embracing the “diplomatic guarantees” that Vladimir Putin sued West shortly before launching his bloody invasion on a neighbor whose legitimacy and right to exist he does not recognize. “This means that we must respond to one of the essential points that President Putin has always mentioned, that is, the fear that the I’LL TAKE is installed at its gates and can deploy weapons that threaten Russia,” Macron said in the interview with TF1, recorded during his official trip to the US.
Criticism has intensified since then, despite the fact that few have wanted to pronounce his name. “Does anyone want to provide ‘security guarantees’ to a terrorist and murderous state?, said the secretary of the Ukrainian Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov. “Instead of Nuremberg, an agreement with Russia and a handshake?” He added, referring to the court that tried Nazi leaders after World War II. The Ukrainian position is shared by its Baltic neighbours, the most inflexible towards Russia within the EU, a position that derives not only from its history but also from the threats they have received in recent years from Moscow.
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“First of all Russia has to guarantee that it will not attack others,” said the former Finnish prime minister, Alexander Stubb, after expressing his “deep” disagreement with Macron’s words. Something similar to what was expressed by the Lithuanian ex-chancellor, Linas Linkevicus, who said that Russia has all the guarantees as long as it does not “attack, annex or occupy” its neighbors. If someone wants to create a new security architecture that allows a terrorist state to continue with its bullying methodsyou should have him look at it because it’s not going to happen,” Linkevicus said.
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The perception in the region is that Macron, whom kyiv already criticized in May for suggesting concessions to Moscow, has not only ‘bought’ the Kremlin story, but is dedicated to amplify it. A story that justifies the invasion of Ukraine and the annexation of several of its provinces due to the supposed threat that NATO represents for the territorial integrity Russian. A position that has no prospects of prospering in the short term.
“Leave our territory, pay reparations, punish all war criminals and voluntarily give up your nuclear weapons,” he said. David Arakhamia, Ukrainian deputy and member of the team that negotiated with Russia in the first months of the war, before the dialogue fell silent. “After that we will be ready to sit down and talk about security guarantees,” he added.