Emmanuel Macron

I am convinced that Vladimir Putin will seek to humiliate Ukraine.

I’m convinced that Vladimir Putin will seek to humiliate Ukraine.

It is essential to respect the Ukrainians fighting for their dignity, their independence, for their children and for the security of Europe.

There is an aggressor: Russia. There is a victim: Ukraine. ... They are fighting for their dignity, their independence, their children, and the security of Europe.

We are experiencing a historic moment. It can lead to an unprecedented Franco-German agreement.

It’s essential to respect the Ukrainians fighting for their dignity, their independence.

Europe can no longer count on having the United States by its side in its simmering conflict with Russia.

There is an aggressor: Russia. There is a people under attack: Ukraine.

How can you, then, be credible in the face of China if you’re weak in the face of Putin?

Any peace agreement must not equate to Ukraine's surrender and must guarantee its sovereignty.

Being strong and having deterrence capacities is the only way to be sure it will be respected.

A lot of my European colleagues are ready to be engaged, but we do need this American backup because this is part of the credibility of the security guarantees.

Europeans must invest better, more, and together in their security and defense—both for today and for the future.

The alliance was suffering from 'brain death.'

What I am going to do is that I'm going to tell him, basically, you cannot be weak in the face of President Putin.

You can't be weak when it comes to Putin.

We seek a strong and lasting peace in Ukraine. To achieve this, Russia must end its aggression, and this must be accompanied by strong and credible security guarantees for the Ukrainians.

We seek a strong and lasting peace in Ukraine.

Only Ukraine could negotiate for itself, and that any peace that was a 'capitulation' would be bad news for everyone.

Only Zelensky could negotiate on behalf of his country with Russia.

Here, there is no need to 'drill, baby, drill.' It is just 'plug, baby, plug.'

You cannot say to 2 million people, ‘okay, now guess what? You will move,’

I don’t believe, once again, that such a massive operation targeting sometimes civilian people is the right answer.

The decision is serious, a hard one he said, but it is above all, an act of confidence, confidence in you, my fellow citizens.

I think this is the only solution we have, this ceasefire. Because it's impossible to explain we want to fight against terrorism by killing innocent people.