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lemonde | French lawmakers approve Macron's Ukraine strategy, 12 Mar
France's Assemblée Nationale on Tuesday, March 12 approved the government's Ukraine strategy, including a bilateral security agreement signed by Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky last month. The Sénat was set to hold similar debates on Wednesday.axar.az | Weimar Troika (13.03.24) At noon, French and German politicians will hold a bilateral meeting, and then the Polish Prime Minister will join them."Ukraine is watching us, waiting for the confirmation and signal of our unity behind them," French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal told the chamber ahead of the vote. He added that "we are at a tipping point" in the conflict and that a Russian victory had "real, tangible dangers" for "everyday life for the French people."bloomberg | Weimar Triangle (13.03.24) "I spoke with President Biden about how we are mobilizing our colleagues in Europe. There will be an emergency, unscheduled Weimar Triangle summit on Friday," Tusk said in an interview for Polish public television late on Tuesday.With the symbolic vote, Macron forced political parties to take a public stance on the conflict as Russia's invasion of Ukraine stretches into its third year. The far-right Rassemblement National (RN), which polls say is ahead of Macron's coalition by a wide margin in the June European elections, abstained, while the radical-left La France Insoumise party voted against....
axar.az | Weimar Troika (13.03.24) At noon, French and German politicians will hold a bilateral meeting, and then the Polish Prime Minister will join them.
bloomberg | Weimar Triangle (13.03.24) "I spoke with President Biden about how we are mobilizing our colleagues in Europe. There will be an emergency, unscheduled Weimar Triangle summit on Friday," Tusk said in an interview for Polish public television late on Tuesday.
Tusk will join the French and German leaders later in the day, according to a German official, marking the first meeting of the "Weimar Triangle," a dialogue format between the three countries, since Tusk became prime minister of Poland again in December.npr | Poland's new government deprograms its once far-right public media (19.02.24) The leaders intend the meeting to be a show of unity following a tense period in which Franco-German frictions over Ukraine have descended into an open feud.
npr | Poland's new government deprograms its once far-right public media (19.02.24)
kommersant. President and Prime Minister of Poland Andrzej Duda and Donald Tusk (right) actually played along with US President Joe Biden (left) by emphasizing the need to allocate money to Ukraine as soon as possible. Judging by the published photos of the meeting, the politicians' talks were not without mutual understanding. Radoslaw Sikorski reminded that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is a Baptist by religion, and Russia, according to him, "persecutes religious minorities, including Baptists." In other words, Warsaw played the role of an ideal lobbyist in every sense. (12.03.24)
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economist | France, Germany, and Poland try to patch differences over Ukraine
Rather than muting his comments, however, Mr Macron has doubled down on his calls for "strategic ambiguity" about nato's intentions.
english.elpais | France, Germany, and Poland vow to procure more weapons for Ukraine in a show of unity
Scholz gave no details, and the three leaders took no questions.
"We want to spend our money, we want to help in every possible way ... here and now, so that the situation of Ukraine in the coming weeks and months gets better, not worse," Tusk said.
diplomatie.gouv.fr | Joint Statement by Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, and Poland (12.02.24) 2024 is a year of major elections, including in Europe. We will not tolerate any attempts to interfere in our democratic processes. The cohesion of our societies is at stake. Together, we will maintain a high level of vigilance and protect our citizens from such manipulations. We have agreed to set up a Weimar alert and response scheme between France, Germany and Poland on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, and we will work towards further EU mobilization in this field, with a view to ensure more effective measures actions from online platforms.
wyborcza.pl | An unusual vertex of the Weimar Triangle. There is good news for Ukraine "Some of the evil rumors that European capitals are terribly different ate very exaggerated rumors," Prime Minister Donald Tusk joked. polskieradio24.pl | Berlin. Vertex Of The Weimar Triangle. "I will be in Berlin with President Macron and Chancellor Scholz to discuss this situation," he said in an interview with TVP Info. They are also waiting for my information from the talks in Washington," the prime Minister said. gov.pl | Peak of the Weimar Triangle in Berlin (15.03.24)
polskieradio24.pl | Berlin. Vertex Of The Weimar Triangle. "I will be in Berlin with President Macron and Chancellor Scholz to discuss this situation," he said in an interview with TVP Info. They are also waiting for my information from the talks in Washington," the prime Minister said. gov.pl | Peak of the Weimar Triangle in Berlin (15.03.24)
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