French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview: CNNThe EU must become a more self-sufficient entity.
“It is very important for me that Europe and the European Union become much more independent. This is good for world order,” Macron said.
In his view, greater autonomy of the European Union would be beneficial for the United States, but he is not sure how long it will last.
Before Macron aforementioned In an interview with the Franceinfo radio station, he said that Russia was playing a “negative role for the international community”, destabilizing the situation in African countries.
He stated this on the sidelines of the summit “on a new financial agreement” between the countries of the North and South in Paris, where representatives of the Russian Federation were not invited.
According to Macron, Russia aims to “become the only colonial country in the 21st century” by waging an “imperialist war” with Ukraine.
He also accused the Russian Federation of destabilizing the situation in Africa with the help of an “army of mercenaries”.