After the crisis, the questioning?
At the end of a week of tensions around Australian submarines, Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden spoke on the phone last Thursday to defuse the diplomatic crisis, promising to restore confidence between Paris and Washington.
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The" contract of the century "also reflects a cultural gap between the French and the Anglo-Saxons
"
A few days ago, in an interview with the newspaper
Le
Monde
, Florence Parly, the Minister of the Armed Forces, regretted that
"Europe counts less and less"
.
In an interview granted this Sunday to the
JDD
, Clément Beaune, the Secretary of State for European Affairs, delivers a similar observation.
“
Europe has changed profoundly (...).
We are no longer the herbivores of globalization.
Europeans no longer stretch their cheeks when they are slapped,
”he explains.
Solidarity between member states
According to him, some allies think "
that the word committed vis-à-vis a large European country is worth nothing.
Europeans must therefore "
realize that their interests are defined in Brussels and in the other European capitals, not in Washington
".
“
Whether it is recently Afghanistan or the Australian submarines, we must not lament that we have been 'badly treated',
” Judge Clément Beaune.
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The" contract of the century "also reflects a cultural gap between the French and the Anglo-Saxons
"
"
We will be more and more on our own,
" considers the Secretary of State, who believes that this crisis has revealed the existing solidarity between the Member States of the European Union. “
Quite quickly, at the highest level, many countries have spoken. German or Italian statements are very clear: when a problem of this nature affects France, it's a European snub,
”he says with satisfaction.
If he considers that the relationship with the historic American ally remains "
necessary
", he considers that from now on, Europe must regulate "
its relationship with the outside
".
“
Whether it is migration, defense, the regulation of large digital platforms or the climate.
We cannot expect others to define this relationship,
”he concludes.
