At a meeting with a range of political parties, the President of France floated a scenario that could potentially lead to French troops deployed in Ukraine.

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.

  • Neuromancer@lemm.eeEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Read article 6. No. It doesn’t meet the requirements.

    Article 5 is null because if France sends troops, Russia has the right to self defense.

    Also article 5 doesn’t mean anyone has to send troops. It means they have to do what they are willing to do.

    https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_110496.htm

    I doubt the United States would enter th conflict just because France wants to get in a fight. We have other treaty obligations we have to protect.

    • Killing_Spark@feddit.deEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Russia is in no position where it needs to “self defend”. Its troops won’t be attacked if its troops leave Ukraine. The right to self defense is what Ukraine is using right now.