Macron has delivered a truly Churchillian speech. He clearly explained what is at stake and why support for Ukraine matters not only for the French but also for Europeans at large. The West needs principled leadership, and hopefully, respective steps will follow. https://t.co/VuOhRJ9WNa
— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) March 14, 2024
Key messages from Macron:
— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) March 14, 2024
- There had been too many limits in our vocabulary. Those who say let's not support Ukraine do not make the choice of peace, they make the choice of defeat.
- About sending troops: We're not in that situation today but all these options are possible. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/OY8UE10DAI
if the situation should deteriorate, we would be ready to make sure that Russia never wins that war.
— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) March 14, 2024
"Europeans are also working on the coordinated supply of various materials, from artillery to anti-aircraft defense, including through the direct production of equipment in Ukraine." 5/
— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) March 14, 2024
“Our nuclear capacity firstly gives security to the French and to the French that few countries in the world have. It gives us a responsibility, that of being a power equipped with this weapon and therefore never being in the escalation."
— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) March 14, 2024
"We are doing everything so that it can defeat Russia because I will tell you very simply that there is no lasting peace if there is no sovereignty, a return to the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine and including Crimea."
— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) March 14, 2024
"Do you think that the Poles, the Lithuanians, the Estonians, the Latvians, the Romanians, could the Bulgarians stay in peace for a second? And I'm not even talking about Moldova which, certainly, is not in the European Union today, but which would be threatened the second."
— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) March 14, 2024
"We helped 🇺🇦 to resist. But the context on the Ukrainian ground changes. The situation is much more difficult for them. 🇷🇺 is getting tougher at home and is increasing its attacks. And so, yes, I tell you with the greatest solemnity, this start of 2024 must be a start for us."
— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) March 14, 2024
“I want our compatriots to understand that there is only one person responsible for the situation we are in: it is the Kremlin regime."
— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) March 14, 2024
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