Macron on allied renewal Ukraine and Hormuz support

Jun 24

In his complete Berlin statement, Emmanuel Macron says European–American rapprochement began at the Évian G7 and continued at the European Council, with Ankara and a July 13 Coalition of the Willing meeting to follow. He says all G7 members signed a common text for the first time in eighteen months, including U.S. support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and infrastructure and sanctions on Russia; he recalls decisions concerning oil, gas and sanctions and calls for further consolidation. He welcomes the U.S.–Iran accord and wants participation in an ad hoc Hormuz mission, while saying its conditions still need definition. He also advocates a peaceful settlement and lasting peace and full sovereignty for Lebanon. He supports increased European capabilities, budgets, deterrence and industrial partnership within NATO. He closes with a tribute to Starmer's courage, dignity, decency and decisions strengthening Britain's European and NATO role. The diplomatic progress and policy judgments remain attributed; no mission deployment is announced.

In their June 24 Berlin statements, Merz, Macron, Meloni, Starmer and Tusk reaffirm support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia. Macron recalls the Évian G7 commitments on military and energy resilience and oil-and-gas sanctions; Starmer calls for further military assistance and sanctions. Merz calls for continued pressure, Meloni urges determination and transatlantic unity, and Tusk emphasizes European–Ukrainian security interests. These are public commitments and negotiating positions, not completed deliveries or a peace settlement. Channel One's same-day report describes a joint call for a European place in Ukraine peace talks, Zelensky's absence and Starmer's aid-and-sanctions appeal. Its hostile characterization of the leaders as warmongers seeking to prolong war and obstruct peace remains the reporter's interpretation. The complete report is also connected separately to the Berlin consultation and defence pledges; its national spending and Ankara-coordination material is not erased.