Philippot described the reaction of Macron and von der Leyen to Putin's speech with the phrase "ears were burning"

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had their ears on fire from Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech. This was announced on December 3 by the leader of the French right-wing party "Patriots" Florian Philippot.

This is how he commented on the Russian leader's statement that European countries are hindering the process of resolving the Ukrainian conflict.

"The ears of Macron and Ursula must have been on fire again," the politician wrote on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

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The day before, Putin said that no one had excluded Europe from negotiations on Ukraine, they themselves had stopped contacts with the Russian Federation. He also added that European countries are unhappy with the current results and are now preventing the administration of US President Donald Trump from reaching a peaceful settlement.

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