{"id":3628,"date":"2025-01-22T14:19:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T18:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:19:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T18:19:57","slug":"wake-up-and-spend-more-on-defense-macron-tells-europe-as-trump-takes-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/?p=3628","title":{"rendered":"Wake up and spend more on defense, Macron tells Europe as Trump takes office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CESSON-SEVIGNE, France (AP) \u2014 French President Emmanuel Macron called on Europe Monday to \u201cwake up\u201d and spend more on defense in order to reduce its reliance on the United States for its security, in a speech to the French military as Donald Trump returns to power.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macron referred to expected changes in Washington\u2019s foreign policy, especially regarding the war in Ukraine, saying it was an \u201copportunity for a European strategic wake-up call,\u201d in his New Year\u2019s speech to the military at the Army Digital and Cyber Support Command based in western France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat will we do in Europe tomorrow if our American ally withdraws its warships from the Mediterranean? If they send their fighter jets from the Atlantic to the Pacific?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has criticized the cost of the war<\/a> in Ukraine for U.S. taxpayers through major military aid packages and has made it clear that he wants to shift more of the fiscal burden onto Europe. He has vowed to bring the conflict to a swift end, voicing hope that peace could be negotiated in six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

France and Europe need to adapt to evolving threats and changing interests, Macron said. \u201cWho would have thought a year ago that Greenland would be at the center<\/a> of political and strategic debates? That\u2019s the way it is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said providing lasting support to Ukraine is key so that Kyiv is in a strong position when engaging in any future peace negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine must receive \u201cguarantees\u201d against any return of the war on its territory when hostilities cease and Europe must take \u201cplay its full role\u201d in the process, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he discussed with Macron about the possibility of Western troops deploying in Ukraine<\/a> to safeguard any peace deal ending the nearly three-year war<\/a> with Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs one of these guarantees, we discussed the French initiative to deploy military contingents in Ukraine,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Potentially sending European troops as peacekeepers to Ukraine is fraught with risk. Such a move may not deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again in the future, which is the fear of Ukrainian officials, and could drag European countries into a direct confrontation with Moscow. That, in turn, could pull NATO \u2014 including the United States \u2014 into a conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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