During his keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue, French President Emmanuel Macron called for a unified European and Asian front against the coercion from revisionist powers, implicitly referencing China and Russia. He highlighted the geopolitical tensions arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's assertive claims in the South China Sea and over Taiwan. Macron’s message focused on forming alliances based on shared norms and principles to counter these challenges, advocating for a stronger role for European nations in the Asia-Pacific region amid escalating tensions between the US and China.
"We have a challenge of revisionist countries that want to impose under the name of spheres of influence spheres of coercion... that want to appropriate resources, whether fishing or mineral, and crowd out others for their benefit."
"Countries that want to control areas from the fringes of Europe to the archipelagos in the South China Sea..."
"Our shared responsibility is to ensure with others that our countries are not collateral victims of the imbalances linked to the choices made by major powers."
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