Finland is about to take a step towards joining NATO. Russia denounces a threatens “. Being reminded that this adjoining country of Russia shares with it 1300 km of border, its probable adhesion to NATO, which should be announced this Sunday in Helsinki, its capital, is ” the worst nightmare by Vladimir Putin, formula The echoes. If this decision is taken, it will encourage the Russian president to ” strengthen its military assets on the outskirts of Finland “, predicts the economic daily. ” Where will this escalation lead us? ? (…) Nobody knows », wonders and regrets The echoesemphasizing the great risks now hovering over Europe.
Release hardly writes anything else, recalling ” the historical nature of such a decision. Historic because since the Winter War against the USSR in 1939-1940 (…) Finland has almost never varied on its neutrality “, highlighted Release.
For its part, the daily Humanity regrets that the war in Ukraine ” revive block logic “. Which is ” detrimental to peace and cause of authoritarianism », sighs Humanity.
The Gears of War
Be careful, warns Henri Guaino in a column published by Le Figaro“ we walk towards war like sleepwalkers ! Comparing the martial escalation we are witnessing today in Ukraine to ” the gear ” Having triggered the First World War, the former special adviser to Nicolas Sarkozy believes that by pushing back the borders of the European Union to those of Russia, ” the United States and the European Union have reawakened in Russians the feeling of encirclement that has been at the root of so many European wars (…) It is the gear of 1914 in all its frightening purity “, alarmed Henri Guaino, in Le Figaro.
Has the new Macron arrived? ?
It was during his investiture ceremony at the Élysée, the French president, who had just been re-elected, had said that a ” new people “had entrusted to a” president new ” a ” new mandate “.
But the French have some doubts about the new Emmanuel Macron. According to an Odoxa survey for Le Figarotwo out of three French people believe that Emmanuel Macron has not changed » and that he « did not learn from its failures or mistakes » ; and seven out of ten predict that he will not not change the way he runs the country “.
This survey also reveals divided French people on the re-elected president’s ability to ” carry out the reforms he wishes » ; two out of three believe that it will not succeed boost purchasing power » ; and almost eight out of ten believe that it will not be able to better control of migratory flows “. As summarized Le FigaroFrench people are ” skeptical about the new Macron “.
The cast of Matignon
Skepticism that the extension of the wait for the appointment of the new French Prime Minister does not manage to dissipate. The false suspense on the choice of the Prime Minister is of little interest, slice Le Figaro. Certainly, ” when the crisis is announced, knowing who will settle in Matignon is not without interest, but it is above all the orientation and the ambition of this second five-year term that we would like to know, spells out this daily. How, in this intertwining of difficulties, does Emmanuel Macron intend to govern a fractured country, defiant as much as tired ? Without a good script, the most ingenious cast never made a good movie, remark Le Figaro. To get through these uncertain times, it is not a “profile” that the French expect, but the clarity of a story “.