French President Emmanuel Macron met with parliamentary parties on Thursday. During the meeting Macron said he was open to the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, as announced by, according to French newspaper L’Independant.

Fabien Roussel, a representative of the French Communist Party, said after the meeting that “Macron referenced a scenario that could lead to intervention [of French troops]: the advancement of the front towards Odesa or Kyiv.”

He noted that the French President showed parliamentarians maps of the possible directions of strikes by Russian troops in Ukraine.

Following the meeting, Jordan Bardella of the far-right National Rally party noted that “there are no restrictions and no red lines” in Macron’s approach.

  • Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    These are not the guys they’ll send out in a war. Unlike Russia, Western nations don’t need cannon fodder.

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      8 months ago

      You are right, I forgot, the west would never do that!

      Thinking the wealthy class won’t send you to war has got to but one of the smoothest brain takes I’ve heard all year.