But above all, the French head of state is trying to draw up European initiatives to ensure that the Old Continent is not crushed by the new Washington-Moscow entente. First and foremost, the Franco-British plan drawn up with the host of Sunday’s meeting, Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Emmanuel Macron does not believe in a ceasefire signed between the Americans and Russians, convinced that Vladimir Putin will seek above all to humiliate Ukraine, notably by demilitarizing it. As an alternative, he and Starmer have put on the table a “truce in the air, on the seas and energy infrastructures” that would last a month. Advantage: “We know how to measure it. Today’s front line is the equivalent of the Paris-Budapest line. In the event of a ceasefire, it would be very difficult to check that the front was being respected,” explains the Chairman.
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So, I am not all that up-to-date on weapons systems – but wouldn’t European missiles chiefly mean the Taurus system that Germany is already not delivering to Ukraine?
They were talking about air defence missiles, e.g. Patriot (US) or IRIS-T (German). The latter hopefully would not be affected by a US embargo.
Yes, Taurus missles, the German equivalent to Storm Shadow, are not in Ukraine (yet?^* )
andbut are used against armoured and high value ground targets.^* Lets see (and hope) if our next chancellor keeps his word.