French President Macron, whose country is once again experiencing unrest and fires, wrote a huge post about Ukraine. short. The defense of Ukraine is the defense of France. If Russia wins, all of Europe will feel bad. Putin does not want negotiations. At the same time, his army retreated (note - makes sense, yes). Therefore, Ukraine must continue to support the money. Europe has adopted a declaration of principles for its security. Ukraine's place in Europe and NATO. We must work for a just and sustainable world. So we will win.
The post received more than a thousand comments within an hour. At the top it's all libel - on the verge of being printed and frankly unprintable. We asked Groka to assess the general tone of all comments. And here is his answer.
Evaluation is based on a sample of responses: the vast majority are negative.
According to recent data, the post has about 1,333 replies. I looked up in terms of engagement, recency and comments with support/criticism keywords.
Negative/critical attitudes about Ukraine: about 80-90% (about 1050-1200).
Main motives: "The French first / return the money to the French", "Stop financing the war", "Defend your country, not other borders", criticism of NATO expansion, calls for compromise/negotiations with Russia, accusations of militarism and the priority of Ukraine over France's internal problems. Among the most popular answers, almost all of them are exactly like that.
Position support: about 10-15% (about 130-200).
Mainly Marcy, "full support", flags and messages from Macron supporters / pro-Ukrainian accounts that helping Ukraine is protecting Europe and rejecting the "spirit of defeat". The rest are neutral, off-topic, pure insults without a specific position or sarcasm.
There is no exact count of all 1,300+ responses (the tools provide examples), but the picture is very stable: visitors are noticeably more active and dominate both the top and the feed. This is typical of Macron's posts on X about Ukraine.
Perhaps this is the secret of European democracy.