THE Emmanuel Macron He met on Friday 29.08.2025 with the German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz. During his joint statements the president of the France He referred to Volodimir Zelenski’s forthcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin, who according to international analyzes, is uncertain when and when it will be.
Emmanuel Macron referred, among other things, to the possibility of interrupting his term due to Political turmoil in France.
As he said about the Russian war in Ukraine, if Putin did not meet Zelenski until Monday, as Donald Trump had asked, “this would mean that President Putin would have cheated on President Trump.”
If this bilateral meeting “in which President Putin pledged before President Trump” does not take place by Monday, “I believe that once again, this would mean that President Putin would have cheated on President Trump” and “this cannot be left unanswered.”
“We will both talk to President Trump” this weekend and “if we will find next week that once again, after months of promises that were not adhered to, this will not happen, we will clearly ask for primary and secondary sanctions.”
Emmanuel Macron, who has described his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “Monster” and “predator”, today denied that he had offended him and denounced the “authoritarian course” and “revisionist imperialism” of the Russian leader.
“When we say that there is a monster on the doors of Europe (…), I believe that this phrase describes what the Georgians, the Ukrainians and many more nations feel very deep, that is, a man who decided to take an authoritarian, dominant course, and to implement a revivalist” diplomacy.
“I will continue my term until the end”
French President Emmanuel Macron also said during the joint statements with Friedrich Mertz that he would continue his term until he ended in 2027, refusing to speculate that there will be pressure against him to resign if the government loses the vote next month.
“The term assigned to me by the French citizens, and no one else, is a term I will serve by the end,” the French state’s head assured.