Overview
- In his annual address to French ambassadors, Emmanuel Macron said the United States is "breaking free from international rules" and drifting from allies.
- He urged coordinated European action and pledged to defend the EU's Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act against pressure from Washington.
- Macron called for a renewed commitment to the United Nations as the White House flagged plans to leave 66 treaties and organizations, many linked to the U.N.
- His remarks followed the U.S. operation that seized Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro and his wife and transferred them to New York, as well as renewed threats to take control of Greenland.
- Denmark warned that any attack on Greenland would spell the end of NATO, while Germany's president decried a U.S. "breakdown of values" and cautioned against a global "den of robbers."