In conversation with French media Emmanuel Macron He betrayed that he wanted to convince EU partners to halt buying American defence equipment and switching to French and European equivalents.
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– Those who buy Patriots, should be offered French-Italian air defence system fresh generation SAMP/Tand those who buy F-35, should be offered Rafale. This is simply a way to increase the pace of (European – red) production – he explained.
France. Emmanuel Macron calls on European states to defend
As Politico notes, the French President's announcement came erstwhile many European members NATO, more and more addicted to buying American weapons.
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This period Netherlands and Belgium confirmed that they would proceed to buy American F-35 fighters, while Portugal hesitates to replace its F-16 fighters with more modern F-35 due to "last position United States in the context of NATO’.
Macro said he asked French arms companies to reduce red tape and reduce production costs to strengthen them Competitiveness in the market.
War in Ukraine. Macron on the deployment of European peacekeeping forces
The French president besides explained how – in his opinion – the possible deployment could look like European peacekeeping forces In Ukraine. As he pointed out, the aim would be “to deploy several 1000 people from all country, at key points, to carry out training programmes"and "to show our support in the long term".
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According to Macro, the conditions of the dictator of Russia Vladimir Putin about ceasefires in Ukraine ‘are unacceptable’. – That would mean partial invasion of Ukraine and frost conflict, without ensuring any safety or guarantees for the future – he assessed.
Source: Politico
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