Macron’s Rivals Back His Russia Stance in Row With Ukraine
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French President Emmanuel Macron’s fiercest domestic rivals are standing by him in a fresh row with the government in Kyiv over his calls not to shame Russia.
Tensions between France and Ukraine worsened over the weekend after Macron told a national newspaper that allies shouldn’t “humiliate” Moscow to improve the chance of reaching a peaceful solution to its invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba led the angry reaction, saying such talk “can only humiliate France and every other country that would call for it.”