Why I am going to Kiev
Bernard Guetta’s op-ed published in the “Opinion” on 23 August 2022
By fighting for freedom, Ukraine is fighting for our peace as well, and it is not a mere figure of speech
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There is hope in Ukraine but it is unique and fragile
There is only one hope to see this war end before it sets Europe and the world ablaze. It is that Vladimir Putin declares a ceasefire after proclaiming himself victorious – but can we really believe in this?
Read MoreMr Putin and the three weaknesses of the West
This is not just a brutal, frontal and long-planned attack on women’s liberation. Beyond this aggression against half of humanity, the US Supreme Court ruling reversing the right to terminate a pregnancy also highlights three weaknesses of Western democracies that are just as much assets for Mr Putin.
Read MoreThis step obliges Europe to act
We were six; we will soon be thirty-six and one day even more. We cannot see it because it remains inconceivable, but by going to Kiev to say that they were in favour of granting Ukraine candidate country status as early as this week, the French and Romanian Presidents, the German Chancellor and the Italian President of the Council have in fact paved the way for the complete unity of the European continent, from Lisbon to Vladivostok.
Read More“Victory for Ukraine, freedom for Russia!”
Three hundred people, maybe four hundred, it was not an immeasurable crowd but still. At the Place de la Bastille, it was the first time, on Sunday 12 June, that the new Russians of Paris gathered against the war in Ukraine, and similar meetings were held on the same day in thirty-five cities in twenty other countries. “Victory for Ukraine, freedom for Russia!” was the chant, and Bernard Guetta opened the rally thus:
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