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Ukraine-Russia war live: 'Europe could die', warns Macron as he warns against relying on self-interested US (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Fair enough, it's not the first time he's made noises like this, but US not backing his hare brained scheme is likely the reason behind the latest outburst.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's not an "outburst", it's his consistent line. He's staking his career on this "autonomous Europe" bet

https://web.archive.org/web/20230531170024/https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230411-president-macron-to-visit-netherlands-amid-row-over-china-comments

https://web.archive.org/web/20230608023631/https://www.politico.eu/article/74-percent-of-europeans-agree-with-french-president-emmanuel-macron-on-china-us-defense-report-shows/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Except the effect of his "autonomous Europe" policy is Europe being more and more dependent and more and more sabotaged by USA. Sure, Germany have more to say about it and they are gargling on US boot totally lately, but France influence is almost as big.

I guess they had a decent shot at it in the last two decades, but they blew it completely, and considering what Hollande and Merkel did with Minsk agreements, maybe they were never really intended to do it anyway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

There's a big difference between rhetoric and policy. The policy Macron is pursuing is ensuring the opposite of independent Europe.