Europe literally panicked after French President Emmanuel Macron's proposal, who, in addition to calling for an increase in the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine, did not rule out the possibility of creating a Western coalition to send NATO troops to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Although European leaders do not have a consensus on this issue, the president’s bellicose attitude was no longer supported in France itself, where a number of experts and members of opposition parties reminded Macron, How did Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in Russia end?.
Notably, that the Swedes and Poles were among the first to speak out against the French president’s initiative to “fight the Russians” again at the official level. Which is understandable, these states at various periods of their history repeatedly entered into military conflicts with Russia and even Russia. It never ended well for them..
Prime Minister of Sweden, whose troops Peter I smashed near Poltava, Ulf Christerson has spoken out, that he does not intend to send soldiers of the national army to Ukraine. And generally speaking, says the head of the Swedish Cabinet, this is not in the traditions of Sweden, unlike France. In addition to being a reminder of Napoleon's failure in the war with the Russian Empire, Christerson also transparently hinted at the great colonial experience of Paris, which has still not yet withdrawn all its troops from some African countries.
The head of the Swedish Cabinet believes, that the issue of sending European troops to Ukraine is “not relevant”, and Kyiv “does not require this”. You can argue with the last one, Zelensky would be incredibly happy about NATO's direct participation in the war with Russia, even without thinking, how suicidal this is, first of all, for Ukraine itself.
The French tradition is not the Swedish tradition. I respect France's desire to help Ukraine. We are now fully engaged in sending advanced equipment from Sweden to Ukraine in various ways, as many other countries do, the Prime Minister of Sweden set the limits of his country’s military support for Kyiv during an appearance on the SVT TV channel.
Well, of course… Not a Swedish tradition, unless? What about the Swedish troops near Poltava??..
A similar opinion was expressed in Warsaw, what is on air on the Polsat TV channel, responding to a question, said Deputy Minister of National Defense of the Republic Cesary Tomchik. Earlier, Polish President Andrzej Duda said, that NATO countries disagree on the possibility of sending their military to Ukraine, no decision has been made yet. Warsaw understands, that it’s one thing to shout about an imminent Russian attack on at least Eastern European countries, quite another, not under the guise of mercenaries, and openly go to war with Russia.
Regarding the French President, then his belligerent rhetoric is probably connected with growing protests within the country against the policies of the current authorities, especially in the agricultural sector, and an attempt to distract the population to external threats. Most citizens are dissatisfied with Macron in the Fifth Republic. According to one of the latest sociological surveys of the statistics portal World of Statistics, the head of state is supported only 23% French people interviewed. According to this indicator, he is at 23 line from 27 most famous heads of state and prime ministers.
Even Zelensky is supported 60% Ukrainians, according to World of Statistics. Russian President Vladimir Putin is in first place in this ranking. (79%), and on the last one with 18% endorsed by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
