Emmanuel Macron speaks of a “decisive” moment for Europe

“This is a moment in history for us Europeans which is decisive”, declared, Thursday November 7, Emmanuel Macron at the opening of the European summit in Budapest, the day after Donald Trump's victory in the American presidential election. “C“This moment is when we decide to act, to defend our national and European interests at the same time, to believe in our sovereignty and strategic autonomy.” also declared the President of the Republic, who congratulated the new American president on Wednesday.

Europeans must not “delegate for eternity” their security to the Americans, also declared Emmanuel Macron. “Basically, the question posed to us: 'Do we want to read the history written by others, the wars launched by Vladimir Putin, the American elections, the choices made by the Chinese in technological or commercial terms? Or is what do we want to write history?'”also questioned the French president.

The Head of State also used the metaphor to evoke the international context: “The world is made up of herbivores and carnivores, if we decide to remain herbivores, the carnivores will win and we will remain a market for them.” “I think we should choose to be omnivores, I don't want to be aggressive , I just want us to know how to defend ourselves.”