This Thursday, March 10, Versailles (Yvelines), the Heads of State and Government of the European Union must respond to the call of the President Ukrainian Volodyymr Zelensky and decide on an embargo on gas and oil Russians. I asked it as early as Saturday, March 5 by addressing the French and the French who, many, manifest their solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
We must do it and we can, in France and throughout Europe, solidarity.
We owe it, because this invasion of Ukraine is a direct threat to our freedom and safety. To stop this destruction business and the war crimes committed against civilian populations, massage the economic and financial sanctions, hunting the fortunes of the oligarchs at home and in each tax haven, militarily equip the Ukrainian resistance.
Europe has finally started answering present. It must now show its determination and strength by attacking at the heart of the power of the Russian oligarchy: gas and oil. In view of the determination of Vladimir Putin to destroy Ukraine, exclude them from sanctions no more meaning.
Great human adventure
Gas and oil exports report 700 million dollars [about 637 million euros] per day in Vladimir Putin and its machine War [it was the case within twenty-four hours of recognition of the independence of the Ukrainian separatist states by the Russian President on 21 February]. We must put an end to this dependence of the European Union: its economy under infusion of fossil energies puts it at the mercy of the blackmail of a dictator. Too many European politicians have succumbed to it. We need to get out of gas and oil, and not create new dependencies. The fight for our safety is good, too, that of the climate.
So we need to stop importing Russian gas and oil.
This test, we can overcome it. Nothing is out of the reach of the French people, European peoples when they struggle for their freedom and their independence. Nothing is out of reach of the genius of our workers and our workers, our technicians, our engineers. The transition and energy sobriety will constitute a great human adventure.
We will demonstrate our solidarity to the Ukrainian people and with the most dependent European countries. We will support the most weakened French and French by the effect of sanctions. From now on an energy check of 400 euros must be granted to the 6 million most fragile families and a check of 100 euros must be sent to the 15 million families of the middle classes. Through the implementation made mandatory from Sustainable mobility package in the private and public sectors, up to 1,000 euros fuel per year will be taken care of in case of carpooling.
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