Abstract
The article discusses the influence and the risks from France’s rapprochement with the Russian Federation in the aftermath of Ukrainian – Russian war, what can present a threat to the EU Neighborhood Policy. The ideas and views expressed in the article, present exclusively the point of view of authors, who relied on a wide range of documents and official information from open sources, but they do not necessarily have to coincide with the opinion of other specialists. Currently expressing the desire to get Russia back to the dialogue with the European Union, which throughout the history defined Moscow as one of the main economic partners, France pursues the policy of appeasing the aggressor, neglecting the war in Ukraine. The Russian Federation violated the basics of the international law, having annexed the Crimean Peninsula and having occupied certain areas of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The article underlines that Ukraine is not alone in the long least of Moscow pro-imperial plans and presents a threat to the stability and security of the continent. The analyses, also demonstrates the politics of France towards Ukraine during the last seven years. The article provides a complex evidence that there is a connotation between the Ukrainian – Russian war and the desire of Moscow to establish the instability zone along the borders of the European Union.
Highlights
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, migration challenges, in the nearest future the European Neighborhood Policy can become another matter of concern due to the growing rapprochement between France and the Russian Federation
Ukraine never belonged to the Paris historical sphere of interests and was always associated with Moscow
In his book “Les Pensees du General de Gaulle” a well – known French politician and a former Henri Guaino member of the National Assembly wrote: “A mistake that can be read in particular in the difficulties of European construction is the need of merging all European nations without taking into account history and culture
Summary
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, migration challenges, in the nearest future the European Neighborhood Policy can become another matter of concern due to the growing rapprochement between France and the Russian Federation. The annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbas were the key events of the 2014, which directly influenced the post-soviet space and the European Security, but the entire international system. The European Union as well as other countries of the world had to revise their politics regarding Russian Federation. France was not an exception in this context. Until 2014, France never showed bold support for Kyiv. Ukraine never belonged to the Paris historical sphere of interests and was always associated with Moscow. The French government rarely paid deep attention to the political situation in Ukraine
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