Europe must resist pressure to become ‘America’s followers,’ says Macron – POLITICO

The ‘great risk’ Europe faces is getting ‘caught up in crises that are not ours,’ French president says in interview.

Cet article est aussi disponible en français . ABOARD COTAM UNITÉ (FRANCE’S AIR FORCE ONE) — Europe must reduce its dependency on the United States and avoid getting dragged into a confrontation between China and the U.S. over Taiwan, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview on his plane back from a three-day state visit to China. Speaking with POLITICO and two French journalists after spending around six hours with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his trip, Macron emphasized his pet theory of “strategic autonomy” for Europe, presumably led by France, to become a “third s

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