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Macron has embarrassed and embittered his military

28 February 2024

8:08 PM

28 February 2024

8:08 PM

Emmanuel Macron is the first president of the Fifth Republic to have never served in the military, and it shows.

His bellicose declaration on Monday that the West might deploy ground troops to Ukraine has been roundly rejected by France’s allies. No chance, was the retort of Germany, Britain, Poland and others.

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