Overview
- In an address to French ambassadors in Paris, Emmanuel Macron said the United States is turning away from allies and pressed Europe to strengthen its strategic independence.
- He pointed to the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, talk of taking Greenland, and threats to make Canada the 51st state as signs of a rules-defying approach.
- Macron also defended tighter tech oversight through the EU’s Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act as tools of regulatory sovereignty.
- In Berlin, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier cautioned against a breakdown of values by the U.S., warning the world must not become a “den of robbers.”
- Diplomatic consultations are intensifying, with Canada’s Mark Carney affirming Greenland’s sovereignty in a call with Germany’s Friedrich Merz and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio scheduled to meet Danish officials next week.