Macron: Limiting Aid to Ukraine Would Force an Unjust Peace and Pave the Way to Another War
French President Emmanuel Macron warned in a lengthy social media post on November 14 that limiting aid to Ukraine would amount to forcing it into an unjust peace and would pave the way to another war, stressing that helping Ukraine defend itself means protecting France and the French people.
"Those who want to ration aid to Ukraine wish underneath it all to force an unjust peace on it," Macron wrote, saying such a settlement would leave Ukraine permanently defenceless and, by extension, leave Europe vulnerable too. "That is the spirit of defeat. That is a recipe for another war. That cannot be France's position." He added: "What happens in Ukraine concerns us directly. Helping Ukraine defend itself is protecting France and the French."
Macron said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want to negotiate and is stepping up drone and missile strikes against Ukrainian civilians and energy infrastructure as winter closes in, in an effort to break the country. France must therefore maintain its financial backing and help Ukraine protect its population, its power plants and its electricity grids, he said. He set out two priorities: keeping up financial support and protection for Ukraine's people and energy infrastructure, and working towards a just and durable peace, followed by a stronger common security framework for Europe.
The statement came as the United States mediates talks between Ukraine and Russia. A round of US-brokered trilateral talks held in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11 ended without a breakthrough, although the two sides agreed a prisoner exchange involving more than 1,000 people.
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(Source: AFP)
Source: AFP
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Photo: 图：法国总统马克龙（2025年3月在布鲁塞尔欧洲理事会特别会议上，资料图）。照片：欧盟 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: French President Emmanuel Macron at a special European Council meeting in Brussels, March 2025 (file photo). Photo by the European Union, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
