Macron’s Plan to Send Trainers to Ukraine Falters After Election
- France’s main ally on the initiative throws cold water on plan
- Lithuania says Macron isn’t taking steps to push it forward
Emmanuel Macron
Photographer: Nathan Laine/BloombergEmmanuel Macron’s main partner in a proposal to deploy military trainers to Ukraine cast doubt on its prospects after the French president was left weakened by his country’s recent elections.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said the plan hadn’t drawn broad support and, without consensus, “the idea is likely to remain unresolved and up in the air.” He spoke to Bloomberg News on the sidelines of a NATO leaders summit in Washington Wednesday.