Macron & Scholz can go down in history for selling out Ukraine.
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Scholz, Macron say diplomacy can fix Ukraine-Russia standoff
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin on Tuesday, with the two leaders welcoming diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukraine-Russia crisis.
The German and French leaders discussed a coordinated response should Russia move forward with an invasion of Ukraine.
Macron said the two countries are "united" in the need for de-escalation in Ukraine.
Representatives from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will meet in Paris tor talks on Wednesday in what's known as the Normandy format, a development which was praised by Scholz.
The French president also said he would hold phone talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, as part of a "demanding dialogue" with the Kremlin.
Both Germany and France have expressed concerns about additional sanctions against Russia.
Scholz has previously said European states must consider the cost of sanctions towards Russia, and how that could affect their own economies. Germany, for example, is a major importer of Russian gas. Franco-Russian commercial ties plummeted by about a third soon after the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and amid the EU sanctions imposed in response, but they have been recovering steadily since.
Macron has previously said sanctions do little to deter Russia's actions.
France has also called for a European solution to the crisis, such as the aforementioned "Normandy format" talks, instead of relying on the US.