Ukraine war
Macron: Fire break in Ukraine possible within weeks
Updated on February 25, 2025 – 02:17 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
After a conversation with US President Trump, France’s President Macron sees a way for a quick fire break in Ukraine.
France’s head of state Emmanuel Macron, like US President Donald Trump, considers a fire break in Ukraine to be possible within weeks. “I think that’s feasible,” said Macron in an interview by the broadcaster Fox News after visiting Trump in the White House. “I think it can take place in the coming weeks.” Trump had previously said that the war in Ukraine could be ended “within weeks”.
“President Trump’s initiative is a very positive one,” said Macron in the interview in relation to Trump’s decision to contact Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin. The Frenchman was also self-critical when dealing with Europeans with Russia and the earlier phases of the Ukraine conflict before the start of the war in February 2022.
The ceasefire negotiated in the course of the annexions in the east of Ukraine and the incorporation of the Black Sea Peninsula Crimean was constantly broken by Russia. “And we didn’t react – all of us,” said Macron. The large -scale invasion three years ago was preceded by “a lack of deterrence”. As a result, Russia chose the war of attack against the neighboring country.
Now it is important to have negotiations about sustainable peace follow a temporary fire break or longer -lasting ceasefire. Macron demanded that it have to be concerned with security guarantees. A Ukrainian army with around 800,000 soldiers is needed for a deterrent effect towards Russia. In addition, he is working with Great Britain on a French-British proposal for a peacekeeping troop, should this be desirable.
Macron also admitted that France and all of Europe had to do more for their own defense. “Your president is right,” he said to Fox-News presenter Bret Baier.
In the end, there should be a peace treaty, in which questions of the land distribution and the reconstruction should also be incorporated, said Macron. However, it must be clarified to what extent the Americans show solidarity if Russia should violate a peace treaty. The credibility of the Americans and the security of the Europeans would also be at the game.
