For the Prime Minister, France and the European Union today face two challenges on the international level: American and Chinese policies.
Prime Minister François Bayrou estimated that France and the European Union would be “crushed” by the announced policy of American President Donald Trump, inaugurated this Monday, January 20, if they do nothing to react.
“The United States has decided on an incredibly dominant policy through the dollar, through industrial policy, through the capture of all research and the capture of investments,” declared the head of government during the greetings to staff municipal council of Pau, a city of which he remained mayor.
“If we do nothing, we are going to be dominated, crushed, marginalized. This decision which is up to us, French and Europeans, because it is impossible without Europe, is recovery,” he added. .
The American and Chinese “two challenges”
“The inauguration of Donald Trump confronts us with our responsibility,” continued the Prime Minister, also referring to “the power of China” which crossed the threshold of 1,000 billion in trade surplus in December.
-“France and Europe are today facing two challenges”, American and Chinese, summarized François Bayrou, who presented his wishes at the Pau convention center, after a press conference on the development project for the camp. Gurs (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), where Spanish Republicans and then Jews were interned during the Second World War.
“We are in a period where public money is not very easy to obtain,” he declared about the financing of this project, estimated at seven million euros.
“There is no Prime Minister here,” replied François Bayrou when he was called that during the conference. He had advocated the return of multiple mandates during the first of the three trips he made to Pau in his capacity as mayor since he was appointed head of government.
