NATO is a Farce, Part 5: France and Estonia Form an “Axis of War”

How Europe’s new “power couple” are pushing Europe towards war with Russia

There is a seemingly unlikely — but also very troubling — development within the EU and NATO.

France and Estonia, specifically French President Emmanuel Macron and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, are joining forces to push a very militaristic agenda.

It’s like some classic rom-com with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson, except with nuclear weapons.

The Taming of the Shrew? Kaja Kallas and President Emmanuel Macron of France at the Palace of Versailles before a meeting of EU leaders summit to discuss fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in March 2022. After a rocky starty in 2022, the two have forged a strong relationship. [Source: The New York Times | Photo: Ludovic Marin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images]

The partnership seemed unlikely in early 2022, when Kallas criticised Macron for wanting to maintain contact with Russia and even speak with Vladimir Putin, no doubt considering him to be one of those “naive” Europeans who did not see the “evil Russia” that she knows:

…why talk to Mr. Putin just to talk? “I don’t see the point talking to him because nothing has come out of this,” she said. “The calls were happening even before the war, and then the worst happened, Bucha and Mariupol happened, so no results.”

Over the course of the past two years, however, the two leaders have become comrades in arms — especially as Macron has sought to send Western troops to fight in Ukraine, where the French Foreign Legion is already seeing action.