Protest in Paris against plans to send troops to Ukraine

A protest took place in the center of Paris against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to send French troops to Ukraine, TASS’s correspondent reports from the scene.

Hundreds of people gathered near the Louvre to protest against sending troops and weapons to Ukraine and the country’s membership in NATO. Protesters urged the EU to abandon its desire of becoming a military bloc through the creation of European armed forces.

Additionally, the organizers of the demonstration strongly spoke out in favor of France’s withdrawal from the EU.