#french-peace-proposal

#french-peace-proposal

He's immune to any possibility of accountability. That became not just one of the ways he tells his own story but actually how he imagines history will unfold in his hands.

Macron underscored the need for France and South Korea to cooperate to help reopen the strait and deescalate Middle East animosities, affirming their resolve to secure the safe shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz.

We are living in an increasingly racist society. I mean a form of racism that is more overt and almost completely unchecked.

The war has also been launched with magnificently poor planning, as the United States seems shocked by and unprepared for how Iran uses every means at its disposal to restrict shipping in the strait of Hormuz.

Steinmeier stated that the war 'violates international law' and that the U.S.'s justification of an imminent attack from Iran clearly 'does not hold water.'

The EU resolution stated that it 'strongly condemns the continued arbitrary detention of democratically elected President Bazoum and his wife.' The EU further demanded their 'immediate and unconditional release.'

EU member states and the UK are united in taking defensive measures if a European country is attacked, and in helping the Gulf nations with whatever they can. However, they disagree on Trump's war goals and the extent to which they should support US action against Iran. There will be no unified position on the war. On the other hand, none of the member states will enter the war directly; they will not play an active role alongside the US or Israel.

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France cannot accept any form of interference or manipulation of its national public debate by the authorities of a third country. The ambassador took note, expressed his willingness not to interfere in our public debate, and recalled the friendship that binds France and the United States.

There are threats and intimidation and then suddenly Washington backs down. And we think it's over. But don't believe it for a second. He said when there is blatant aggression we must not bow down or try to reach a settlement. We tried this strategy for months and it's not working. But above all, it strategically leads Europe to increase its dependence.

French President Emmanuel Macron recently wrote to his US counterpart Donald Trump asking him to lift sanctions placed on several European figures, including former European commissioner Thierry Breton and ICC judge Nicolas Guillou, according to extracts of a letter seen by AFP. In the letter, Macron says he is making a personal appeal to Trump to reconsider the sanctions, which he argues were unjustly imposed.

There will also be a US presence at the meeting on January 6 with President Donald Trump's chief negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner present in the French capital, though Secretary of State Marco Rubio is unlikely to come despite some hopes in European capitals that he would be attending as well. European officials told RFE/RL that there is "a renewed sense of urgency" after a meeting over the weekend of national-security advisers and a gathering of military planners on January 5.

We want to speed up the European Union, we want to make it better, and we want to ensure that we have a competitive industry in Europe.

"Everyone should take their cue from us, instead of criticising us," he said at the Munich Security Conference, after US Vice President JD Vance used his address at the annual gathering last year to attack European policies on immigration and free speech. "I believe that Europe is inherently strong and can be made even stronger yet," he added.