“We will do our best as Europeans to help mediate.” French president Emmanuel Macron’s words after becoming the first Western leader to meet face-to-face with exiled Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. Macron taking time out of a long-planned visit to Lithuania to answer her call to broker dialogue with Alexander Lukashenko, who last week staged a secret inauguration to a sixth term.
On the Eastern Front: Macron’s push to raise E.U.’s clout
