Overview
- Speaking at the Élysée, Emmanuel Macron said the United States is turning away from some allies and freeing itself from international rules it once championed.
- He cited the U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and repeated American claims on Greenland as examples of a resurgent coercive posture.
- Framing the moment as a rejection of a “new colonialism and new imperialism,” Macron intensified his critique of Donald Trump’s foreign policy while stopping short of calling for a rupture with Washington.
- He called for an effective multilateralism and said France will use its G7 presidency to work with major emerging countries on reforms to the United Nations and global governance, with a June summit planned in Évian.
- Macron also criticized China’s increasingly uninhibited commercial aggressiveness and labeled Russia a destabilizing power in Ukraine, while urging French diplomats to move from commentary to action.