The State Duma named the purpose of Macron's statement on his readiness to become an EU negotiator.

French President Emmanuel Macron's statements about his support for Ukraine and his simultaneous willingness to attend peace talks are dictated by his desire to attract the attention of French voters ahead of the elections, in which he himself will not participate. This was announced on November 13 by State Duma deputy and political scientist Alexander Asafov.

"Macron can say anything, as his political career is coming to an end. In the last part of the race, he will attract attention to himself, including with rather contradictory statements. Europe's position is to somehow cling to the negotiating track, but at the same time maintaining escalatory rhetoric," he said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

According to him, the role of the French leader is now small. It is being discussed who will represent Europe at the negotiations, and in this list, according to Asafov, there are no people from the European political past — Macron himself, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other odious speakers.

The MP believes that Macron will promote such an agenda in order to influence the outcome of the elections, in which he is not going to participate, as well as reduce social tensions, which, in his words, "half the country is literally on fire." There is no need to look for a rational basis in this, the parliamentarian believes. In his opinion, this is rather an attempt to stay in the information field and make himself known against the background of his retirement.

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At the same time, not a single realistic proposal for a peaceful settlement was made by Brussels, the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed.

A day earlier, President Macron said on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Dublin that European countries should take the initiative on their own and start negotiations with Russia. Macron stressed that before starting contacts with Moscow, European states need to formulate their own peace plan to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.

The head of the Russian delegation at the Abu Dhabi talks, Vladimir Medinsky, said on November 11 that Europe could become a participant in the negotiations when its conscience wakes up. He stressed that now European representatives are participants in the "group deception" of the Ukrainian people. The head of the Russian delegation called the European leadership complicit in the deaths of civilians in the conflict in Ukraine.