Editorial: Le Monde

• The debate and vote on Tuesday, March 12 in the National Assembly on the French aid strategy for Ukraine could have served to exacerbate tensions and mark distrust towards Emmanuel Macron's opponents.
• The Franco-Ukrainian security agreement, signed on February 16, with 372 votes for and 99 against, includes a strengthening of military cooperation, especially in areas of artillery and air defense.
• Ukraine's fate holds crucial importance for the future of Europe due to the threat that Vladimir Putin's imperialism poses to democracies and peace on the continent.
• The left emerged more divided from the debate, with parties such as La France insoumise and the communists voting against the strategy of support for Ukraine, while the Socialist Party and the ecologists approved it.
• The Rassemblement National party chose abstention as a way to escape from the required clarity in the international sphere and to cover its problematic Russian tropism.

Conclusion: The issue of Ukraine and the position of political parties on this issue will undoubtedly influence France's internal political strategies and bargaining power in the international context.

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