About French Public Opinion’s Preparation for Involvement in the Ukrainian Conflict

Mid-March, French army chief of staff General Pierre Schill announced in a column published in Le Monde that France is ready to send troops to Ukraine to fight Russia. “However the international situation evolves, the French people can be certain: their soldiers will respond to the call,” Schill declared. “To defend itself against aggression and defend its interests, the French army is preparing for the most difficult fighting, letting that fact be known, and showing it,” he added. He stressed that France can deploy “20,000 troops within 30 days.” Schill did not explicitly mention the war in Ukraine, but there…