16h11 : “The sanctions are working. The Russian recession is expected to reach 5.5% in 2023.”
The Prime Minister praises in front of the deputies the French efforts to sanction Russia, the“Isolating more every day on the international scene” and to assist Ukraine humanitarianally and diplomatically.
16h07 : “We are and will remain with you until victory”, assures Elisabeth Borne to the President of the Ukrainian Parliament. The Prime Minister details France’s military response to the Russian invasion and promises to study the “additional requests” of kyiv, who must neither “cause escalation” nor weigh too heavily on French ballistic capabilities.
15h58 : All the presidents of the parliamentary groups (PCF, LFI, LR, Renaissance, RN, Horizons, PS, Démocrate, EELV, LIOT) asked the Prime Minister a question regarding the war in Ukraine and France’s support for kyiv.
15h45 : Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces, announces that France will supply 12 additional Caesar guns to Ukraine.
15h18 : Rouslan Stefantchouk, President of the Ukrainian Parliament, asks France to “give the planes” fighter to Ukraine to fight the Russian invasion. “You have given Ukrainian children the opportunity to continue their studies”he says regarding the young refugees who have been welcomed since February 2022.
15h14 : Rouslan Stefantchouk, President of the Ukrainian Parliament, calls from the tribune of the National Assembly the French deputies “to recognize Russia as a terrorist state”.
15h11 : The Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, @r_stefanchuk, is greeted with loud applause in the hemicycle.#DirectAN #QAG https://t.co/JKlhYD1KfA
15h11 : It’s time for questions to the government at the National Assembly. In the preamble, Yaël Braun-Pivet, president of the lower house, takes the floor to welcome Rouslan Stefantchouk, president of the Ukrainian Rada, the local Parliament. “Ukraine must win this war. (…) National representation is fully mobilized”defends the elected Renaissance.
15h00 : My clock shows 3 p.m., it’s time to take stock of the news of this Tuesday followingnoon:
• The Parisian procession once morest the pension reform set off from the 13th arrondissement. In Marseille, as in other cities in France, the number of demonstrators is up sharply compared to January 19.
• According to the unions, the rate of strikers stands at 36.5% at the SNCF, once morest 46.3% on 19 January. In education, the minister counts a declining mobilization among teachers.
• Ukraine’s Defense Minister announced that Kyiv will receive “between 120 and 140” western heavy tanks.
14h55 : On the diplomatic level, Emmanuel Macron talks this followingnoon with Rouslan Stefantchouk, President of the Ukrainian Parliament, as well as with Oleksiy Reznikov, Ukrainian Minister of Defence. He will dine Thursday evening with Binyamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.
