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Vis-a-vis russia than that in germany. having said that i do think one of the things i found very interesting about this dialogue that macron is trying to pursue, is that he really is doing it in consultation very, very close consultation with germany. they have differences, of course they do, and they are exposed in different ways to what happens or what might happen should there be an invasion of ukraine, but he has -- macron has been at pains to consult not only with germany all the way through. after we left kyiv on tuesday we went straight to berlin where he debriefed the german chancello...

I think he got on monday a guarantee of some sort or at least a verbal assurance from putin that he would not be the cause or the origin of escalation. that's worth what it's worth, it's not a written guarantee of any sort but i think macron still thinks that there is a possibility for talks and that's a different tone coming out of paris for the moment to that coming out of london, for example. >> i thought it was not a coincidence that he also decided to take that -- this moment, this period, to announce a major new expansion of french nuclear energy. he has been talking about it, of course,...

Security. the problem for the administration is they don't hold the initiative here. this is a crisis largely brought about in recent months by mr. putin. he really has to decide how this is going to play out. and strategically this simply isn't good for an administration. as you know, they want to put the lion's share of their calories to focus on the so-called indo-pacific, in particular on china, and what do they find themselves, dealing increasingly with european security as well as with the middle east. this has strategically become a much more demanding world for the administration so th...

Dialogue could only be sincere if there was no escalation. he has made that clear. i think he got on monday a guarantee of some sort or at least a verbal assurance from putin that he would not be the cause or the origin of escalation. that's for what it's worth. it's not a written guarantee of any sort but i think macron still thinks that there is a possibility for talks and that's a different tone coming out of paris for the moment to that coming out of london, for example. >> i thought it was not a coincidence that he also decided to take that -- this moment, this period, to announce a major...