The spectre of Russian invasion is fanning fears of war in Eastern Europe. In France, the Ukraine crisis is a hot political topic for the candidates jockeying for position ahead of April's presidential election. After all, Paris holds the rotating presidency of the European Union for the first six months of 2022, lending incumbent Emmanuel Macron a special role in diplomatic efforts to avert conflict on Europe's eastern frontier even as his own term as French president comes to a close.
While Macron has yet to make his bid for re-election official, the top challengers vying for his job in April are starkly at odds on how best to handle the crisis in Ukraine.
