Britain and France are forging a new alliance over backing for Ukraine – and aim to bring Nato partners with them ( theconversation.com ) Englisch

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One hundred and twenty years after the Entente Cordiale, Britain and France are forging a new alliance, writes Amelia Hadfield, Head of Department of Politics at the University of Surrey.

The original 1904 agreement paved the way for a stronger relationship between the two countries, but this time the nations aim to use their partnership to patch up European commitment to Ukraine and exert pressure on the US.

The UK and France partnership on Ukraine has the potential to add pressure to European groups and transatlantic forums to which they both belong, in order to try and secure Europe’s borders and to make sure Ukraine has the military power to continue to push back against Russia’s territorial landgrab.