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.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      8 months ago

      Despite all the jokes, The French have won more wars than any other country in history. They were exhausted by the time 1940 rolled around

      • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
        174·
        8 months ago

        They’re country is right in the middle of one of the areas of the world with the most wars of all time, and it stretches from coast to coast. That alone says a ton.

        • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          82·
          8 months ago

          You make it sound like France was stuck in with everyone else when thar is infact untrue, everyone else was stuck in with France. After all I doubt a medieval country on the defensive would conquer from fucking Catalonia to fucking Ponnonia and Carinthia. And thats just the start I dont think I need to explain what Napoleon did.

          • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
            21·
            8 months ago

            I can’t make any sense of what you just said. Could you explain further?

      • Olivia@lemmy.todayEnglish
        16·
        8 months ago

        They were exhausted by the time 1940 rolled around

        They were not worthy of the mantle of responsibility

        • Gabu@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          Neither is any current western Nation (maybe Poland and Finland excused)

    • aksdb@lemmy.worldEnglish
      181·
      8 months ago

      Don’t fuck with the French.

      But what if I … oh, you meant that as a figure of speech. Got it.

    • turkishdelight@lemmy.mlEnglish
      315·
      8 months ago

      They surrendered to the Germans after putting up a brave fight for ** checks notes ** 5 weeks.

      • dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        It was a good demonstration of the blitzkrieg tactic. Hitting hard and fast with aircraft, tanks and troop carriers without giving the enemy time to regroup or resupply. By the time the French knew what was happening it was too late to mobilize.

        The tactic couldn’t be counted until the opposing side had enough firepower to stall it which would’ve taken too long and by that time defeat is a guarantee.

        Soviets were given tanks, aircraft, factories, everything they needed to counter the Germans later in the war which halted their army and that’s when the blitzkrieg fell apart.

        Blitzkrieg is effective but only when your moving faster than the enemy can regroup and counter

        • DdCno1@kbin.social
          1·
          8 months ago

          Except that most German units were not motorized and highly reliant on horse-drawn carts. French tanks were more numerous, better armed and better armored - but they were used less effectively. France was fighting WW1 part deux, whereas Germany was using their inferior equipment more effectively. The entire thing was still a gamble and by no means the foregone conclusion at the start.

      • Gabu@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Meanwhile, 'murica: let’s make a lot of money by selling war machines to both sides :)

          • summerof69@lemm.eeEnglish
            26·
            8 months ago

            AI? I took this photo myself when I was in France during the croissant harvesting season!

            • jaemo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              11·
              8 months ago

              Wait. Was this taken in the Croissante region? It’s just that they’re very particular about this, and I just want to make sure those are, in fact, croissant fields, and not sparkling crescent rolls.

              • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                8 months ago

                Also his left hand only has 3 fingers. Either that or the pinky has a similar texture to the ground. Hard to tell based on the lighting.

                • rustydomino@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  4·
                  8 months ago

                  that’s because harvesting croissants uses really dangerous sharp tools to cut them off the stems and workers lose digits all the time. It’s why the French have great single payer healthcare.

                  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    3·
                    8 months ago

                    Of course, I should have thought about what would happen if you try to tear a fresh croissant from the stem without cutting it.

            • WindyRebel@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              8 months ago

              Maybe, but if you look at the man’s left hand then is he Jesus? What is that? A weird watch or a stake?