Sunday, November 11, 2018

French President Macron Calls For European Countries To Increase Their Defense Spending And To Buy Made In Europe Weapons



Politico.eu: Macron wants Europe to buy its own military hardware

The French president said Europe needs to be ‘a more sovereign, a more united and democratic power.’

PARIS — Europe must increase military spending, but the money should go to European, not American companies, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview in which he delivered a rebuke to Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed nationalism.

Responding to a question in an interview about the political differences between himself and the American president, he said: “I’m not a nationalist, which is very different, for me, from being a patriot.”

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Update: Macron snubs US arms in defence spat with Trump (AFP)

WNU Editor: One the one hand French President Macron condemns nationalism and leaders prioritizing the needs of their own country first over the needs of others, and on the other hand he pushes European nationalism when it comes to buying European weapons ..... preferably French weapons of course. I think his disagreements with the U.S. has more to do with President Trump calling out French President Macron's push for an independent European military .... Macron declares he does not do 'diplomacy through tweets' in a dig at Trump as POTUS and Melania visit Paris (Daily Mail).

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Read the Yahoo story. They never quote Macrons statement. They interpret it without reference too it. Very shady and dishonest reporting. Macrons statement point blanks calls the USA a potential enemy along with Russia and China. Yahoo doesn’t have .the integrity to point that out.

Anonymous said...

Mexico is having a blow out sale on adobe bombs, hard to pass up and would go great with Germany's broom sticks.

Anonymous said...

"Macron's statement point blanks calls the USA a potential enemy along with Russia and China. Yahoo doesn’t have the integrity to point that out."

Not surprising that Yahoo does not report but shades the truth.

Macron shows that he has not matured to the level of 22+.

He is not fit to lead.

When the time comes, I will get buy a tabloid, sit in an easy chair and read about his sordid fall.

The guy is about 40 and his wife is just short of geriatric. He is getting something, something on the side.