If the adoption of a new budget fails in Parliament, and the government goes through a “special law” to ensure the continuity of the State, “it is the expenditure of the previous year which will be worth, and the 6 billion euros planned to improve our defence capacity will not be there”, warned François Hollande.
Putin and Trump aim to “weaken and neutralize us”
Having once again become a deputy for Corrèze, François Hollande weaves a link between “the state of our democracy”, “the strength of our defence and the credibility of our security”. “This is why Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are pushing the far right in Europe to weaken and neutralize us”, he added.
Concerning Donald Trump’s plan, François Hollande believes that in its current state it amounts to “the capitulation of Ukraine” but also to “the relegation of Europe under the supervision of a Russian-American condominium”.
Regretting the absence of “political incarnation” in Europe, he nevertheless calls on Europeans to “correct the plan if it is still amendable” and to “say that they will deliver as many weapons as possible” to Ukraine.
