MACRON SPEECH. Emmanuel Macron speaks this Wednesday March 2, 2022 at 8 p.m. The Head of State must speak on the evolution of the situation in Ukraine. Can he also announce his candidacy?
[Mis à jour le 2 mars à 12h06] A speech by Emmanuel Macron on his candidacy for the presidential election is expected by this Friday, but this Wednesday, March 2, it is indeed a speech on the war in Ukraine that the Head of State will hold. Emmanuel Macron announced it in a message published on social networks today. His address to the nation, at 8 p.m., must be a moment of solemnity, given the gravity of the geopolitical situation.
On February 24, Emmanuel Macron had already spoken about the conflict which broke out after the invasion of Russia in his neighboring country. On February 25, he also sent a message to Parliament, read by the presidents of the Senate of the National Assembly. The Russian army having launched a large-scale operation and the situation having evolved considerably in recent days and hours, the President’s update is eagerly awaited. He should specify before the French, in a pedagogical speech, the way in which the European Union and France intend to act concretely to come to the aid of Ukraine. Remember that the EU and France provide – through financing – arms to the Ukrainian government to defend itself against the Russian invasion. A resolution on global humanitarian aid must be voted on imminently at the UN, under the impetus, in particular, of France.
The Elysée Palace has already put Emmanuel Macron’s speech online this Wednesday, March 2 – at least the programming of the video stream. The speech is therefore available in its entirety below:
On this occasion, can Emmanuel Macron declare his candidacy for the presidential election? While he has been postponing the formalization of his entry into the campaign for weeks, the President of the Republic sees the calendar being considerably restricted. Because his intention to participate or not in the national election of April 10 and 24 must be known before this Friday March 4, at the end of the day. The timing is therefore tight for the Head of State, he who wanted to settle the diplomatic crisis and get out of the Covid almost definitively before announcing his decision. However, by claiming that he would only speak about the war in Ukraine, and in view of the situation in the country since the attack on Russia, it seems unlikely that Emmanuel Macron will declare himself a candidate. in the presidential election on Wednesday evening.
Speech by Emmanuel Macron on February 25, 2022
Emmanuel Macron’s message was read a few hours after speaking on the sidelines of an extraordinary European Council. In his morning speech of February 25, Emmanuel Macron recalled that by unleashing a war in Europe, Vladimir Putin “flouts[e] all the principles that govern international law, charters and treaties sovereignly signed by Russia in recent decades”. He also reaffirmed the unity and support of Europe and the European Union for Ukraine in this ordeal Economic aid of 1.2 billion euros, financed by France to the tune of 300 million, will be sent to Kiev as support, in addition to military reinforcements at the borders. ‘shipment’ to Estonia [d’]a new contingent within the reinforced forward presence, [l’anticipation] its participation in the Baltic Sky Police from the month of March, and [l’accélération de] its deployment in Romania”.
Speech by Emmanuel Macron on February 24, 2022
Vladimir Putin announced on the night of February 23 and 24, 2022 the launch of a military operation in Ukraine. In his speech delivered on February 24, of less than four minutes, Emmanuel Macron spoke of a “massive military attack” which “contravenes all the commitments made by the Russian authorities” and constitutes “a violation of the Charter of Nations- Nations as well as the founding principles of the European and international order”. The President of the Republic strongly condemned the Kremlin’s choice to start a war and thus “bring the most serious attack on peace and stability in our Europe for decades”.
France takes the side of Ukraine and the Elysée affirmed to stand alongside the leaders and the Ukrainian people in this ordeal. Whatever the evolution of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, these events mark “a turning point in the history of Europe and our country. They will have lasting, profound consequences on our lives, consequences on the geopolitics of our continents “said the head of state, in a serious tone. He promises to hold Russia “to account”.