Macron Says Europe Will Have to Reach Out to Putin Over Ukraine
Emmanuel Macron during a news conference following the European Council summit in Brussels, on Dec. 19.
Photographer: John Thys/AFP/Getty ImagesFrench President Emmanuel Macron said Europe will have to find a way to directly engage with the Russian leader as the US pushes ahead with peace talks.
“Either a lasting peace is reached” in current negotiations “or we find ways for Europeans to re-engage in a dialog with Russia — in transparency and association with Ukraine,” Macron told reporters in Brussels. “It will become useful again to speak to Vladimir Putin.”