Macron called the world leaders cowards and called on them to step up in the war against Russia.

Tensions between Berlin and Paris spilled into the open Tuesday as German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius hit back at President Emmanuel Macron for urging Europe not to be "cowards" in the defense of Ukraine.

Speaking at a meeting with the French community, Macron said: "Europe clearly faces a moment when it will be necessary not to be cowards." He added that people "never want to see the tragedies that are coming".

Pistorius retorted that Macron's language was counterproductive. "We don't need really, from my perspective at least, talk about boots on the ground or having more courage or less courage," Pistorius told reporters during a press conference with his Swedish counterpart Pål Jonson.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of his visit to Prague, Macron said later that Germany had not been the target of his comments, but that it was "necessary" to shake up France's allies. “If we are passive … we run the risk of suffering setbacks on the field, suffering possible disappointments in the U.S.,” he said.

France and the Czech Republic are "well aware that war is back on our soil [in Europe], that some powers have become unstoppable and are threatening us more everyday, attacking us even more, and that we ... need the courage that it requires", said Macron.

The Czech government is leading a campaign to finance the purchase of 800,000 shells for Kyiv from non-EU suppliers to help plug the war-stricken country's ammunition gap.
France has already supported the Czech plan to supply shells.

Macron asked Petr Pavel “Is this or is it not our war? Can we look away in the belief that we can let things run their course? I don’t believe so, and therefore I called for a strategic surge and I fully stand behind that … We want no escalation, we’ve never been belligerent".
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