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France's Macron Urges Europe to ‘Wake Up’ Against United Front from US, Russia, and China (www.kyivpost.com)

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French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a fundamental shift in European policy, arguing that the continent must “wake up” to a new reality where the US, Russia, and China are all categorically opposed to European interests.

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Speaking in Athens during a discussion with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday, April 24, Macron described the current period as a “unique moment” of geopolitical pressure.

He emphasized that the tension with Washington is an “historical trend” likely to persist beyond the term of US President Donald Trump. “We must be a little more self-confident and propose our own agenda,” Macron stated, urging European nations to act with greater unity to protect their own interests.

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[–] leftascenter@jlai.lu 6 points 5 hours ago

This is because France is a flawed democracy.

Just to be clear, France president is elected through a two round voting system. Macron (and billionaire friends) pushed the far-right forward, to be him vs fash on the second round, making it easy to win. Macron had less than 30% of support from voters (with 1/2 the population not voting), in an approximate split in thirds: neolibs / radical left / fascists.