All of Macron’s economic aims in Ukraine
Italics by Giuseppe Gagliano
Those who have observed for years the actors who move on the international chessboard have now acquired an uninhibited – and very often cynical – gaze towards the choices made by prime ministers as well as by the directors of the security services.
What are we alluding to with this cryptic premise?
To the simple fact that the trips that Macron has made in this last period in Ukraine were not only aimed at acting as a peacemaker, as an intermediary between Ukraine and Russia to present himself as the reference leader of the European Union – de facto marginalizing Germany and above all Italy -, but they were also made to sign commercial agreements.
Indeed, the Ukrainian state-owned defense industry company Ukroboronprom and France's Thales have signed a security cooperation agreement.
Although the details of this far from unusual and unusual cooperation have not been revealed, it is assumed that the French multinational intends to open commercial offices in Ukraine but above all is interested in providing Ukraine with efficient tools for the defense of the cyberspace perimeter.
However, let's not forget – as Roberto Favazzo recently observed – that the greatest contribution in the cybersecurity sector to Ukraine so far has come from the United States.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/emmanuel-macron-ucraina-accordo-thales/ on Thu, 10 Feb 2022 06:52:57 +0000.