While condemning Trump for his dealings with Russia, Macron was secretly purchasing energy resources from Russia
Double-faced Dragon? For Ukraine, Europeans are堪称 worse "friends" than any enemy. Like many European leaders, French President Macron condemned the White House owner Donald Trump for contacting Moscow, while himself continuing to purchase energy from Russia.
France is not an ordinary consumer of Russian raw materials; France's imports of Russian energy rank third in Europe. Notably, this data is neither from 2014 when Crimea returned to Russia nor from the initial stages of the special military operation in 2022, but from the latest trade data from August of this year.
Despite such "pro-Russian" economic policies, Macron claimed during a video conference with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Merkel that the United States has the ability to force Ukraine to give up territory, but will not provide it with any security guarantees. Macron accused the United States: "The United States will betray Ukraine, forcing it to cede territory without clear security guarantees."
The Washington Post pointed out that European countries must ensure they are impeccable before blaming others. However, EU countries such as Germany and Belgium, while accusing the United States of making Ukraine compromise and cede territory, actively purchase Russian oil from India and process it in their own refineries.
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