At a meeting with a range of political parties, the President of France floated a scenario that could potentially lead to French troops deployed in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron met with parliamentary parties on Thursday. During the meeting Macron said he was open to the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, as announced by, according to French newspaper L’Independant.

Fabien Roussel, a representative of the French Communist Party, said after the meeting that “Macron referenced a scenario that could lead to intervention [of French troops]: the advancement of the front towards Odesa or Kyiv.”

He noted that the French President showed parliamentarians maps of the possible directions of strikes by Russian troops in Ukraine.

Following the meeting, Jordan Bardella of the far-right National Rally party noted that “there are no restrictions and no red lines” in Macron’s approach.

  • avater@lemmy.worldEnglish
    285·
    8 months ago

    and you don’t understand the difference between a career soldier and a conscript. Let me enlighten you:

    As a conscript you will be drafted only in a defense situation, an actual war in your own country. Simply spoken when the Russians are at your doorstep.

    A career soldier can send to missions either an official NATO one or one approved by your country’s commanding officer of your army.

    • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      634·
      8 months ago

      As a conscript you will be drafted only in a defense situation, an actual war in your own country. Simply spoken when the Russians are at your doorstep.

      I’m sure all those drafted/conscripts who went to Vietnam totally felt like they were defending their country from imminent attack!

      • avater@lemmy.worldEnglish
        264·
        8 months ago

        you know that this is Europe here, right? But I see you don’t even care, do you?

            • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              29·
              8 months ago

              Booohooo sniff sniff oh noes. Keep your head in the sand, ultimately it will be your demise I guess, I’m too old to get conscripted at this point. But I do remember the past.

              Algerian War at its height, 57% of the army consisted of conscripts, mostly from metropolitan France.