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FRANCE: Macron Hosts Scholz In Meeting To Discuss Trump Impact

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Speaking in Paris, where he is hosting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron speaks on EU and national responses to the second Trump presidency in the US. Says "More than ever [it is] up to Europeans, and France and Germany to protect our sovereignty in light of the arrival of Trump." 

  • Macron: "Europe must not only spend more on defence, but also have its own defence strategy." Scholz: "Germany and France could do more together on defence". Says he has reassured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that "German support for Ukraine will remain."
  • Scholz "Europe must be strong in a world in flux...Trump will be a challenge...We will analyse in Europe the measures Trump has announced."
  • While both sides have backed increased action on defence, deep divisions remain. Macron has talked up significant spending on militaries and developing 'strategic autonomy' in case of Trump drawing down US support. Scholz on the other hand has dismissed the idea of spending 5% of GDP on defence, as mooted by Trump, as unaffordable.
  • As Politico notes, "The two sides are pulling in the same direction on competitiveness and cutting red tape. [...] An EU bureaucracy reduction plan is due to be launched at the beginning of February. The Clean Industrial Deal, which Brussels intends to present on Feb. 26 [...] contains ideas that have the blessing of Paris and Berlin."

 

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Speaking in Paris, where he is hosting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron speaks on EU and national responses to the second Trump presidency in the US. Says "More than ever [it is] up to Europeans, and France and Germany to protect our sovereignty in light of the arrival of Trump." 

  • Macron: "Europe must not only spend more on defence, but also have its own defence strategy." Scholz: "Germany and France could do more together on defence". Says he has reassured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that "German support for Ukraine will remain."
  • Scholz "Europe must be strong in a world in flux...Trump will be a challenge...We will analyse in Europe the measures Trump has announced."
  • While both sides have backed increased action on defence, deep divisions remain. Macron has talked up significant spending on militaries and developing 'strategic autonomy' in case of Trump drawing down US support. Scholz on the other hand has dismissed the idea of spending 5% of GDP on defence, as mooted by Trump, as unaffordable.
  • As Politico notes, "The two sides are pulling in the same direction on competitiveness and cutting red tape. [...] An EU bureaucracy reduction plan is due to be launched at the beginning of February. The Clean Industrial Deal, which Brussels intends to present on Feb. 26 [...] contains ideas that have the blessing of Paris and Berlin."