At two months of presidential election, Emmanuel Macron thinks he can benefit from Ukrainian crisis

If an international crisis has never been decisive in an election to the Supreme Judiciary, the Head of State wants to make his diplomatic activism an inner policy weapon.

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To be in the absence of agreeing. After the multiple calls it was in Moscow, one-to-one, that the game was played on Monday, February 7, between the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. A skilfully staged face-to-face showing the two protagonists sitting each at the two ends of a huge table. The same that had been used during the courteous meeting between the Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, and the head of the Kremlin on February 1st. In the end, despite this distance, there was a “useful” exchange, according to Mr Putin, more than five hours, where we got sought. Proof of the “special” relationship between the two leaders.

By going to the Kremlin to try to remove the threat of a Russian invasion in eastern Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron thinks to demonstrate that his strategy of “hand stretched” towards Moscow, conspired by an opposition that The ineffective and naive judge is not vain. That the man who has already received twice Vladimir Putin, in the pomp of Versailles first, in May 2017, then in the decor of the Fort of Brégançon (Var), in August 2019, has been able to build a singular relationship with the Former KGB agent, to the point of being one of the only European leaders capable of dialogue with franchise with Russian power.

Failing to wait for this visit an explicit sign of relaxation in the folder of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, the tenant of the Elysée thinks to obtain a signal, even tiny, proving that de-escalation is possible. And that she is from her. “It’s obviously not a chosen crisis but it can allow Emmanuel Macron to show his leadership. It can be the one who will find a way for de-escalation,” says Clement Beaune, the Secretary of State for European Affairs.

You have to go fast. Emmanuel Macron made the settlement of this geopolitical crisis one of the conditions for his official entry into the field. “I have already said what I thought about the projects, enthusiasm and love I have for our country. But I first have the obsession that the acute phase of the epidemic and the peak of the current geopolitical crisis are behind us, “said Emmanuel Macron in an interview at the northern voice, February 2nd.

Caught international obligations

For the time being, two months of the first round of the presidential election, scheduled for April 10, the Head of State seems to be trapped by its international obligations, increased by the role exposed to France. Chair the Council of the European Union (EU) since 1 e January. His opponents beat campaign on the subjects of concern of the French, speaking purchasing power, housing or deserts medical, when it needs to focus on this file away from the daily life of voters.

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