French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Friday the creation of a “special fund” so that Ukraine could “buy directly from our industrial companies the materials it needs more to support its military efforts,” AFP and Agerpres reported.
“We will endow this special fund with 100 million euros to start,” which would “allow us to be able to work with the French defense and industrial base,” he added to reporters after the EU summit in Prague.
Asked about President Joe Biden’s statements about the risk of “Armageddon” following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Macron said these issues should be approached “with caution.”
“We must speak with caution when commenting on such matters,” Macron told reporters.
Earlier, Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine brought the world closer to Armageddon than at any time since the Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis.
At the same press conference, Macron said France would work “in good will” with Italy’s next prime minister, whoever he is, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, with Giorgia Maloney the favorite , to follow him. in this post by Mario Draghi.
“No matter who President (Sergio) Mattarella appoints (…) France will work with good will, will demand (…) to promote the European project in which we believe,” Macron said.
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