"The US is an established power, but one that is gradually turning away from some of its allies and breaking free from the very international rules that it was until recently promoting, Macron told France's diplomatic corps at the Elysee Palace on Thursday. Multilateral institutions are functioning less and less effectively, the French president said. We are living in a world of great powers, with a real temptation to divide up the world."
"The comments came as EU leaders torn between the needs to defend international law and to keep the US on board as a vital economic partner and defence ally in Ukraine and beyond struggle to agree a coordinated response to Washington's actions. While neither president said so directly, both were widely presumed to be referring to last weekend's US raid on Caracas and capture of the Venezuelan leader, Nicolas Maduro, and to Trump's repeatedly stated aim of taking control of Greenland."
France and Germany sharply condemned US foreign policy under Donald Trump, warning it breaks international rules and risks disintegrating the postwar rules-based order. Macron said the US is an established power but gradually turning away from some allies and breaking free from international rules, reducing effectiveness of multilateral institutions and creating temptation to divide the world. Macron rejected new colonialism, imperialism, vassalage and defeatism and advocated greater strategic autonomy and less dependence on the US and China. EU leaders struggle to coordinate responses amid concerns including a US raid on Caracas and Trump's interest in Greenland. Steinmeier warned global democracy is at risk and called Russia's invasion of Ukraine a watershed.
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