French President Emmanuel Macron has sent a message to the world that a long war awaits the world.
According to a foreign news agency, President Macron, speaking on the occasion of the annual agricultural festival in Paris, said that if I could tell you something this morning, it would be that the war would continue. The crisis will continue and subsequent crises will have long-term consequences.
He added that the war has returned to Europe, a situation chosen unilaterally by President Putin, with the Ukrainian people resisting while Europe is there to resist on behalf of the Ukrainian people.
He vowed that plans were being made to deal with it.
Clearly, sanctions on Russia are likely to hurt some sectors of France, most notably the wine industry.
Remember, the French leaders are among the figures who have worked hard to avoid a confrontation, have talked to Russian President Putin several times, and have been pushing for a summit between Putin and US President Joe Biden.
