Zelenskiy arrives for talks in Germany with call for speeding up assistanceUkraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy has arrived at the Ramstein airbase with a renewed call for assistance.
“It is crucial that all the weapons from the already announced support packages finally reach the combat brigades,” he said.
“We also need strong long-range decisions from our partners to bring closer the just peace we are striving for,” the Ukrainian leader added.
Zelenskiy is set to meet with the US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, the German defence minister, Boris Pistorius, and the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz.
Work with partners to strength Ukraine continues. I have arrived at the Ramstein Air Base to participate in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting.
We need our partners’ determination and the means to stop Russia’s aerial terror. It is crucial that all the weapons from the…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 6, 2024Key events
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The German defence minister, Boris Pistorius, has said that Germany has not changed its position on long-range strikes with donated weapons deep into Russian territory, Reuters reported.
He said Germany will support Ukraine as long as it is necessary.
The UK will supply 650 Lightweight Multirole Missile systems to Ukraine.
Ukraine’s defence ministry said “we are grateful to our British partners for their ironclad support and strengthening Ukraine’s air defense. Thanks for making us stronger.”
The UK will supply 650 Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) systems to Ukraine worth £162 million. The delivery will start this year.
We are grateful to our British partners for their ironclad support and strengthening Ukraine’s air defense. Thanks for making us stronger.… pic.twitter.com/SgV1DulppU
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) September 6, 2024 Zelenskiy arrives for talks in Germany with call for speeding up assistanceUkraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy has arrived at the Ramstein airbase with a renewed call for assistance.
“It is crucial that all the weapons from the already announced support packages finally reach the combat brigades,” he said.
“We also need strong long-range decisions from our partners to bring closer the just peace we are striving for,” the Ukrainian leader added.
Zelenskiy is set to meet with the US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, the German defence minister, Boris Pistorius, and the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz.
Work with partners to strength Ukraine continues. I have arrived at the Ramstein Air Base to participate in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting.
We need our partners’ determination and the means to stop Russia’s aerial terror. It is crucial that all the weapons from the…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 6, 2024Members of Les Républicains have arrived to meet with Michel Barnier.
The French Greens’ Marine Tondelier said she has a message for the far right National Rally’s voters.
“You who vote for Marine Le Pen thinking that she will improve your daily life, know to what extent she is deceiving you. She preferred a right-wing Prime Minister who would serve the powerful rather than a NFP [New Popular Front] prime minister who would have served your interests,” she said.
[Message aux électeurs RN]
Vous qui votez Marine Le Pen en pensant qu’elle améliorera votre quotidien, sachez à quel point elle vous dupe.
Elle a préféré un Premier ministre de droite qui servira les puissants plutôt qu’une PM du NFP qui aurait servi vos intérêts ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/glAU5NlKxh
— Marine Tondelier (@marinetondelier) September 6, 2024 Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he congratulated Emmanuel Macron on the appointment of Michel Barnier.
Had a long and substantive phone call with @EmmanuelMacron. I congratulated him on the appointment of the new Prime Minister, Michel Barnier. The President of France expressed his condolences over the Russian strikes on Lviv, Poltava, and other cities and communities.
On the eve…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 5, 2024 The French Socialists’ Olivier Faure said no one from his party would participate in a Michel Barnier-led government, arguing that Barnier depends on the far right.
.@faureolivier : “Quand Michel Barnier dit qu’il va gouverner “avec tout le monde”, à qui s’adresse-t-il ? À la gauche ? Non, à l’extrême-droite, dont il a très bien compris que sa survie dépendait d’elle. Aucune personnalité du PS ne rentrera dans son gouvernement.” #le69Inter pic.twitter.com/iBF2gIrTpM
— France Inter (@franceinter) September 6, 2024 Michel Barnier vows to address feelings of ‘anger’ and ‘injustice’ as France’s new PM
Angelique Chrisafis
Michel Barnier, France’s new rightwing prime minister, has vowed to address the nation’s feelings of anger, abandonment and injustice, promising a “new era” and a break with the past.
Barnier, the EU’s former Brexit negotiator, took office hours after Emmanuel Macron appointed him to form “a unifying government in the service of the country” – an attempt to put an end to two months of political paralysis after a snap election.
Barnier, who at 73 is the oldest premier in the history of modern France, said his first task was to “respond as best we can to the challenges, the anger, the feeling of abandonment and injustice that is too prevalent in our cities, on our estates and in the countryside”.
The government’s priority would be education, as well as security and controlling immigration, he said.
Barnier’s appointment was greeted with dismay by the left which will now seek to topple him with a no-confidence motion.
Controversially, Macron appears to be counting on Le Pen’s National Rally to keep Barnier in power by voting against a no-confidence motion. The RN indicated on Thursday it would not automatically vote down Barnier and would wait and see what sort of programme he laid out in his first address to parliament.
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