Macron Lashes Out At Polish PM Over Putin Criticism

The BBC reports:

French President Emmanuel Macron has called Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki “a far-right anti-Semite who bans LGBT people”, after being criticised for his talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

Mr Morawiecki compared Mr Macron’s efforts to negotiating with Hitler. The French president has held regular conversations with Mr Putin since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine.

On Friday, Poland summoned the French ambassador over Mr Macron’s comments, made to a French newspaper. “How many times have you negotiated with Putin and what have you achieved?” Mr Morawiecki said on Monday.

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Macron’s latest attack on Morawiecki comes after he on Wednesday accused Morawiecki of “interfering” in France’s election in favour of fellow “extreme right” politician Le Pen https://t.co/vRTnleuGKU

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