Emmanuel Macron began a state visit to Germany, urging European democracies to unite against external and internal threats.
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Macron made his first stop a democracy festival in Berlin, where he warned of a form of fascination for authoritarianism which is growing
Germany gave clear rules to Ukraine prohibiting the use of German weapons on Russian soil and sees no reason to change this policy.
Scholz's policy is to prevent escalation into a really big war.
The democratic world must help Ukraine in its fight against the aggressor.
Putin's strategy of attrition and destruction must not succeed. We will continue to jointly and resolutely support Ukraine in its defense.
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