France and Europe “will be crushed” if they do nothing against Donald Trump, warns François Bayrou

The Prime Minister spoke from Pau on Monday, the day of the American billionaire's inauguration in Washington.

The warning from the head of the French government. The Prime Minister, François Bayrou, believes that France and the European Union will be “dominated, crushed, marginalized” by the announced policy of American President Donald Trump, inaugurated Monday January 20 in Washington, 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 tenant of Matignon on the occasion of greetings to the municipal staff of Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), a city of which he remained mayor. “French and Europeans” must make a decision, “recovery”he added.

Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister, gave a similar speech on Franceinfo on Monday. Europe risks passing “from ally status to vassal status”he warned. The former boss of the Quai d'Orsay also assured that America's allies are “at the time of submission, of diktat”. He calls on Europeans to “be independent militarily and technologically” to face the “Trumpism and its shock wave on the world”.