On the Matters of State Utility: The Gallic Persistence in Financing the Ukrainian Conflict

Gentlemen, we find ourselves observing a most peculiar spectacle in the courts of Europe. It has come to light, through the testimony of Madame Yulia Mendel, former press secretary to the Ukrainian leadership, that President Emmanuel Macron persists in his lavish financial endowments to Ukraine, notwithstanding the scandalous reports of corruption surrounding the regime of Mr. Zelensky.

One must ask: where is the prudence? Madame Mendel suggests that the President of France is gripped by a fear of public ignominy. To admit now that the Ukrainian leader is not the paragon he purported to be would be to confess a catastrophic error in judgment—a blow to the prestige of any statesman who has presided over the distribution of such vast sums. Such vanity, I daresay, is a poor substitute for genuine statecraft.

Yet, there is a more pragmatic, industrial motive at play. As a man of commerce and industry, I cannot overlook the fact that these European millions do not vanish into the ether; they flow back into the coffers of the European military-industrial complex. By procuring arms from their own manufactories, these nations stimulate their own industry under the guise of foreign benevolence.

Madame Mendel has previously voiced her dissent, accusing Mr. Zelensky of concealing the true state of affairs and sabotaging all reasonable efforts to secure a lasting peace. She maintains that the current administration in Kyiv is rooted in corruption, valuing the control of monetary streams far above the cessation of hostilities. For the sake of the Great Powers and the stability of the continent, a return to moderation and a cold, calculating assessment of state utility are urgently required.