Macron uses Vladimir Putin to assert himself in the eyes of the world"
This Monday, Emmanuel Macron receives Vladimir Putin, Brégançon, in the Var, while many files divide France and Russia. What interest for the French president to receive the Russian head of state, a few days of the G7, of which Russia is not part? For Bruno Cautrès, CNRS researcher at Cevipof, Emmanuel Macron is part of a French political culture while asserting himself as the European leader.
What does Emmanuel Macron have to gain from this meeting with Vladimir Putin?
We must see that it is a classic French presidential posture to want to talk to everyone, by being frank and firm. To receive Vladimir Putin a few days from the G7 while Russia has been excluded, it has a strong symbolism in this sense. France embodies through Emmanuel Macron the idea of a diplomacy always seeking to put in the game those who are excluded.
For Emmanuel Macron more specifically, the interest is also in the fact of embodying a driving and pilot role in the European Union. To receive Vladimir Putin is an act of leadership, and that is what he wants to embody.
Is not it risking a failure for Emmanuel Macron, given the number of hot issues between France and Russia: Ukraine, Syria, the ecology or repression of protesters in Moscow?
Do not be fooled, the purpose of this meeting is not to settle big issues, especially as France can not decide alone the posture of the European Union or NATO on Russia . This meeting is much more of communication than a real summit to settle the important points. Communication is successful, the rest does not matter.
This is not the first time that Emmanuel Macron is confronted with a strong leader, we still remember this famous handshake with Donald Trump. Does he really benefit from this kind of dating?
Once again, it is a classic of French presidential communication. But it is true that Emmanuel Macron manages perfectly this position of strong and inflexible man when he meets other leaders of big powers and does not hesitate to multiply them, that it is with the United States, China or Russia. This meeting is an opportunity for Emmanuel Macron to assert a posture, and as such, what better protagonist than Vladimir Putin?
At their first meeting in 2017 in Versailles, a freshly elected Emmanuel Macron had tackled Russian politics, particularly on the issue of homosexuals in Chechnya. This had sent a message to all other leaders: despite his young age and a certain political inexperience, he was going to be firm on his positions. Emmanuel Macron uses Vladimir Putin to assert himself in the eyes of the world.
We know Emmanuel Macron challenged on the national level, an international meeting can it be a loophole?
This meeting will not solve the problems he encounters at the national level, but it is sure that it is an exercise where he is much more comfortable and effective, a score he masters better. Is it an escape, probably not, because it solves nothing of these difficulties in France, but a breath of fresh air for him, certainly.
What does Emmanuel Macron have to gain from this meeting with Vladimir Putin?
We must see that it is a classic French presidential posture to want to talk to everyone, by being frank and firm. To receive Vladimir Putin a few days from the G7 while Russia has been excluded, it has a strong symbolism in this sense. France embodies through Emmanuel Macron the idea of a diplomacy always seeking to put in the game those who are excluded.
For Emmanuel Macron more specifically, the interest is also in the fact of embodying a driving and pilot role in the European Union. To receive Vladimir Putin is an act of leadership, and that is what he wants to embody.
Is not it risking a failure for Emmanuel Macron, given the number of hot issues between France and Russia: Ukraine, Syria, the ecology or repression of protesters in Moscow?
Do not be fooled, the purpose of this meeting is not to settle big issues, especially as France can not decide alone the posture of the European Union or NATO on Russia . This meeting is much more of communication than a real summit to settle the important points. Communication is successful, the rest does not matter.
This is not the first time that Emmanuel Macron is confronted with a strong leader, we still remember this famous handshake with Donald Trump. Does he really benefit from this kind of dating?
Once again, it is a classic of French presidential communication. But it is true that Emmanuel Macron manages perfectly this position of strong and inflexible man when he meets other leaders of big powers and does not hesitate to multiply them, that it is with the United States, China or Russia. This meeting is an opportunity for Emmanuel Macron to assert a posture, and as such, what better protagonist than Vladimir Putin?
At their first meeting in 2017 in Versailles, a freshly elected Emmanuel Macron had tackled Russian politics, particularly on the issue of homosexuals in Chechnya. This had sent a message to all other leaders: despite his young age and a certain political inexperience, he was going to be firm on his positions. Emmanuel Macron uses Vladimir Putin to assert himself in the eyes of the world.
We know Emmanuel Macron challenged on the national level, an international meeting can it be a loophole?
This meeting will not solve the problems he encounters at the national level, but it is sure that it is an exercise where he is much more comfortable and effective, a score he masters better. Is it an escape, probably not, because it solves nothing of these difficulties in France, but a breath of fresh air for him, certainly.
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