https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frances-macron-russias-putin-alone-chose-war-ukraine-2022-03-02/
"This war is not a conflict between the West and Russia, as some would like us to believe.
There is no NATO base in Ukraine. These are lies. Russia is not aggressed, it is the aggressor. This war is not a fight against Nazism ... it's a lie," Macron added.
France less reliant on foreign energy source by building new nuclear plants, he said he would push at the European level for the
EU to cut its dependence on Russian gas.