The remarks were a considerable shift for France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, who called Moscow a potential threat for many European countries.

Macron described Putin as a “predator, an ogre at our gates” who “needs to keep eating” to survive, posing a persistent threat to Europe. Macron noted that since 2007–2008, Putin has rarely kept his promises and has consistently acted as a destabilizing force,

French President Emmanuel Macron has dubbed Vladimir Putin an ‘ogre’, a giant monster in European folklore that eats children. He said that the Russian leader is a threat to entire Europe and needs to keep attacking for his own political survival.