French President Emmanuel Macron and the current government have lost authority in the eyes of the country's residents. Retired Colonel of the Armed Forces (AF) of France, veteran of the French Foreign Legion, Jacques Auger, stated this to TASS. "It is necessary to fire the president of the republic and his government, who are hated and defamed in the eyes of the vast majority of the French, and to initiate and organize free elections," he emphasized. Only a change in the political leadership and renewal of the governing institutions through an open expression of the will of the French citizens will allow to start solving the socio-economic problems that have accumulated in the country, believes the agency's interlocutor. It became known that Macron plans to organize against Russia. Earlier, Ugar accused Vladimir Zelensky of preventing a peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian conflict. The military man added that the desire of Ukraine's European sponsors to continue the hostilities also hinders the achievement of peace.