“Because French intelligence is sovereign, we can replace US intelligence for Ukraine which has just stopped. We are currently helping Ukraine. It’s more complicated for the UK being in an intelligence community with the US (5 Eyes)” – French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu



by PjeterPannos

30 comments

  2. The UK needs to distance itself very quickly from the US. There is nothing to gain from the relationship and everything to lose. We should be working on our relationships with our neighbours.

  3. As a Brit, I’m glad France are our friends. Being the 2 nuclear powers in Europe, we should further our alliance and be the leaders in the defence of all European countries.

    Although with Britain relying on Trident, we might have to quickly change our nuclear capability. 

  4. Hopefully French intelligence has good info on Putin’s movements. It would be nice to cut of the head of the snake.

  6. So basically, the UK can’t lead Europe because it is too integrated with the U.S. Instead the leadership role has to fall to France, Germany or someone else. Unless of course, the UK distances itself from the U.S.

  8. All pootin’s dreams came true. Agent
    Orange has been a very good asset

  9. I love the French. They were right doing everything themselves.

  10. Merci mes amis !! De Gaulle and the french were right about needing independence from the US and a strong Europe.
    We are a comatose giant together. I have hope and faith that with the combined leadership of Macron and Merz we will finally wake up out of this coma and become the voice of reason and stability in the world. This can not be achieved without ensuring Ukraine destroys the Russians and joins the EU.
    Tough times will lay ahead but we will come out of this more powerful than ever.

  11. Another fucking fine example why France has always been right on matters of Americans and defence

  12. Vive la France !!! And thank you ( even if I don’t wear a suit now )

  14. American citizen here. Please use your own intelligence and tell our orange diaper boy nothing. This is a disgrace. I wish you all the best out there in the normal world.

  15. Now that i think, we should have known that US would do what it does. It left Vietnam, it left Afghanistan, Iraq. It should have been obvious that they will dump Ukraine and Europe and Australia and UK. They fuck up shit and then leave the mess once they get bored. As Talibs said US has watches, but Taliban has time. Being so dependant on US was the dumbest thing Europe did. If only Russian rulling class had any common sense, Russia and EU could have formed a world super union, nobody has ever seen.

  16. En tant qu’Espagnol, je ne peux plus que remercier la France.

    Je n’ai jamais partagé la même option politique que Macron et il y a plein the choses qu’on pourrait critiquer, mais le mec a gagné mon respect pour son soutien à l’Ukraine, surtout après avoir compris que ça ne sert à rien de parler avec putin, comme il a essayé au premier moment.

  17. Asking the US to share intelligence is like asking Singapore to share poverty. It just aint there

  18. I hate americans now as much as I hate russians…..

  19. Thank goodness the french have enough sense to see through the trump stupidity, as an American I apologize.

  20. As a European I’m PROUD of France! You guys are absolutely stepping up and now is your time to shine. I’m happy to be in a union with my brothers and sisters in France.

  21. “We can’t trust the US with our intelligence for fear it would be given to our enemies.”

  22. 5 eyes is more about spying on citizens of the respective country’s when laws prevent the host country from spying on them. Trump wants it to end to prevent his favored US citizens being spied on by other members.

  23. Bless de Gaulle omg.

    Thank you France. Or we -Europe- would be completely lost.

  24. I am not a fan of this timeline we are living through. I tend to worry for my family. We are no longer “leader of the free world.” We now align with Russia, N Korea, China and along with other countries. This was what I was afraid would happen. Hear we are.

  25. Good response but he didn’t answer the question. It’s deeply unfortunate but France doesn’t have the same satellite numbers as the US and can’t provide the same level of intelligence.

    My hope is that the Ukrainians have built systems in place knowing that this could have happened, such as human intelligence, to plug the gap

  27. Is French Intel enough though? Like can one big boy replace 5 big boys? 😐

  30. Weird timeline where i have to admit that the French were right all along and i was wrong for being a hater.

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