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France and Britain are proposing a  “in the air, at sea” after , French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.

In an interview with France’s Le Figaro newspaper, he also suggested that  should raise their defence spending to between 3.0 and 3.5% of GDP to respond to 

The problem there was it would be very difficult to check that it was being respected given the size of the front line, he said.

Peacekeepers would be deployed at a later date, he said, adding: “There won’t be European troops on Ukrainian soil in the coming weeks.”

Macron also suggested that European countries should raise their defence spending to between 3.0 and 3.5% of GDP to respond to Washington’s shifting priorities and Russia’s militarisation.

“For three years, the Russians have spent 10% of their GDP on defence,” he told the paper. “So we have to prepare for what’s next.”

-Agence France-Presse