Michel Barnier was Minister of Foreign Affairs and chief Brexit negotiator within the European Union.
LE FIGARO.
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Éric Ciotti
has put you in charge of international issues within the LR party.
How do you judge the place of France in the world at the start of Macron's five-year term?
Michael Barnier.
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Emmanuel Macron's ambitions on the international scene reveal a permanent gap between grand declarations, often laudable intentions and much more modest results.
Our partners as our rivals measure this hiatus and it makes the French word less credible.
Another measure of the decline of our influence can be found in the disastrous figures of our foreign trade.
We should better support the three million French people who live, work and create abroad.
Be more vigilant in promoting the French language.
No doubt, also, our diplomacy does not have all the means, but it is a mistake to weaken professionalism...
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