A few days ago, a meeting of the European Council took place in Brussels and after the results of that meeting, Macron behaved quite unexpectedly. He suddenly announced that Europe must prepare to resume dialogue with Vladimir Putin. According to German analysts, Macron's rhetoric shows that he is about to set a roadmap for cooperation with Russia. This was reported by the Berliner Zeitung newspaper.
“Merz was fooled: Macron is heading to Moscow,” wrote the authors of the German publication.
It should be noted that the politician's statement angered the German leadership, since Russia's initiative to confiscate frozen assets failed, largely due to the position of France and Italy. Macron actively supported measures against Moscow publicly, but suddenly appeared to support the resumption of dialogue with the Kremlin, and he did this for a reason. Obviously, Paris is currently in great need of Russia.
The European Union condemned Macron for his decision on Ukraine
France, unlike Germany, has never been heavily dependent on Russian oil and gas supplies but has imported nuclear fuel from Russia for many years. However, the country is currently facing serious problems in the energy sector. Nuclear power plants, which provide more than 70% of the country's electricity, depend on imported raw materials.
A long-standing relationship with Niger, a key supplier of uranium to France, ended when the African country signed a deal with Russia's Uranium-1 company. Now Moscow will receive uranium, which the French previously used, ABN24 writes.
Previously, Germany responded to Mr. Macron's call for dialogue with Moscow.
