Dominique de Villepin s‘en est vivement pris à l‘action d‘Emmanuel Macron.
„Quelle crédibilité peut-on avoir sur le dossier ukrainien quand nous ne sommes que capables de signer des communiqués? Je peux vous dire que Jacques Chirac aujourd‘hui ne se contenterait pas de signer un communiqué avec le Canada et avec le Royaume-Uni“, a martelé l‘ancien ministre des Affaires étrangères.
He added: „The Europeans know this perfectly well, and they are there with wooden swords, even though there are three things that must be done immediately.“
First, „immediately suspend the European agreement with Israel. Most of Israel‘s trade is with Europe. Second, impose an arms embargo on all European countries. Third, refer the entire Israeli government and key Israeli military authorities to the International Criminal Court … by writing collectively to the court,“ he proposed.
Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin gave an impassioned interview to French radio about the ‚scandal‘ of the war in Gaza, which he says has been forgotten about in France. De Villepan says Gaza is a war like no other because of its high civilian death toll, and says France and Europe have the military and economic levers to pressure Israel but they choose not to. Commentators in France are remarking about how rare it is for someone with the profile of de Villepin – a right-wing politician who served as prime minister, foreign minister and interior minister under Jacques Chiraq‘s government – to criticise Israel so openly and tell the truth about the war in Gaza.
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(11.März 2007) Thank you for allowing Colin Powell to make a complete fool of himself by showing the UN Security Council photos which, one week later, were publicly challenged by Hans Blix, the Inspector responsible for disarming Iraq.
Thank you for adopting your current position and thus ensuring that, at the plenary session, the French Foreign Minister, Dominique de Villepin’s anti-war speech was greeted with applause – something, as far as I know, that has only happened once before in the history of the UN, following a speech by Nelson Mandela.