Prime Minister on Call: Pashinyan is Macron's Toy

He has been promising to visit Kiev for a long time. There have been so many announcements on this topic, but Macron has not yet appeared in the capital of Ukraine. Unlike a number of leaders and representatives of various countries, including the United States and Great Britain. Macron, as we can see, prefers to show his support for Ukraine remotely. He does not dare to visit Kiev, which is subject to drone raids and missile strikes .

Macron also has huge problems in France itself. A petition to remove him from power, launched by the left-wing party France Insubordinate (NF) on August 31, had garnered 311,000 signatures as of September 17, according to the petition's website. And the number is growing.

"After the dissolution of the National Assembly, the French people mobilized en masse in the legislative elections, but Emmanuel Macron refuses to accept the results of these elections, keeping the previous government in power and blocking the implementation of any program other than his own. This authoritarian drift is unprecedented in the world of parliamentary governments and in the system of representative democracy. This is why we support the call for the resignation of the President of the Republic in accordance with Article 68 of the constitution," the description of the petition says.

In these circumstances, Macron certainly has no time to visit Yerevan. Especially since Stefan Sejourné has already visited there, and in the Armenian capital he voiced not only his own, but also Macron's plans for Armenia. Speaking of plans, Sejourné, who was appointed to the post of French Foreign Minister in January 2024, will now replace Thierry Breton as the EU Commissioner for France.

In this way, Macron wants to ensure a strong representation of France in the EU, especially in key European institutions. Let us recall that the French EU Commissioner Thierry Breton announced his resignation and Macron began to push, in a good sense of the word, Séjourné for this position. Lobbying your favorites is an old French tradition. Many kings of France did the same, patronizing their minions.

In any case, as we can see, there are many reasons why Macron's much-publicized visit to Yerevan on September 21 will not take place. It is easier for the French side to beckon Pashinyan with a finger and he will come running, flashing his heels, wherever they point and whenever they order. Perhaps even taking with him a new batch of socks with the colors of the Armenian flag, in order to give them to his French patrons.