the president-elect arrives at the Capitol, the ceremony will begin

If France and Europe do nothing against Donald Trump, “we will be crushed”, said Prime Minister François Bayrou this Monday, a few hours before the official inauguration of the 47th President of the United States.

“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 when greeting staff municipal of Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), town of which he remained mayor. “If we do nothing, we will be dominated, crushed, marginalized. This decision, which is up to us, French and Europeans, because it is impossible without Europe, is recovery,” he added.