France’s Macron Turns Hawkish on Ukraine After What Amounts to a Brush With Reality

‘No red lines,’ he says as he declares, ‘No option should be ruled out.’

Christophe Petit Tesson, pool via AP
President Macron at Paris, October 23, 2023. Christophe Petit Tesson, pool via AP

A charitable read of President Macron’s Ukraine policy might describe it as spotty. His early dismissals of British-American intelligence warning of an impending Russian invasion were succeeded by a series of futile dialogues with President Putin, punctured by repeated calls against “humiliating Russia.” As a result, French military support to Kyiv ranks about 14th among allies.

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