President Emmanuel Macron is heading to Russia with one aim in mind as tensions with Ukraine keep escalating.
Monday's meeting in Moscow is extremely important for the French president, who has been pushing for a more independent European Union in terms of defense, while he also faces elections in April when his current tenure ends.
In this context, Macron has for several years looked at developing Europe's strategic military autonomy. But this has become an even bigger issue for Macron as France is in charge of the EU's rotating presidency until June. "France's president also wants to show European leadership — instead of kowtowing to the US — as he campaigns for re-election," the analysts also said.Macron is still yet to announce that he is running for a second mandate in April's election, but opinion polls suggest he'll win the vote and continue at the helm of the French presidency for another five years. However, further Russian aggression in Ukraine may hurt his potential reelection campaign.
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