French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the Russian attack on Ukraine and, faced with the economic consequences of the sanctions policy, appealed to the willingness of the French to pay the “price of freedom”.
“I think of our people who need the courage to face the times ahead, to resist uncertainty, sometimes comfort and adversity, and to accept together to pay the price for our freedom and values,” Macron said last night in commemoration of World War II. in Bormes-les-Mimosas in the south of France.
Macron prepared the population for difficult times in July
Since the brutal attack launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the war has returned to European soil and within hours of the French border, Macron said. At the same time, he paid tribute to the heroic efforts of the Ukrainian people against the Russian army.
Already on the July 14 national holiday, Macron prepared the population for difficult times in view of a possible interruption of Russian gas supplies. The beginning of autumn can be difficult, he had said. At a cost of billions, the French state has so far capped electricity and gas tariffs for consumers. The country is less dependent on Russian gas than Germany.