French President Emmanuel Macron claims to create a pan-European armed force in consequences of the aggressive US policy, including their plans to withdraw from the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Short-Range Missiles.
On Tuesday, Macron expressed on Europe1 an opinion about the need to create a unified European armed forces. According to him, “this is necessary in the face of Russia … which can act threateningly,” and European countries themselves need Europe, “which is more able to defend itself, not dependent solely on the United States, to act in a more sovereign way.”
“This is a natural echo of the aggressive actions of the United States, in particular, Washington’s intentions to withdraw from the INF Treaty,” his press office quoted the deputy on Tuesday. According to the parliamentarian, the decision of Washington causes concern on the world stage and inevitably provokes an arms race. “In Europe, they very clearly understand that they are becoming hostages of the American demarche, as clearly shown by the reaction of the French authorities,” said Zheleznyak.
“I think that the leadership of the Fifth Republic understands the complexity of this task in the face of the actual domination of American bases throughout Europe and the reluctance of Americans to leave developed territories,” Zheleznyak added, doubting that the French leader would take the burden of responsibility for implementing the voiced idea. on the creation of a pan-European army. According to the deputy, Macron will try to gain “understanding on this issue” of Germany and other major European countries.
“But even the very idea of creating European armed forces is destructive for the North Atlantic alliance and will have a very negative impact on Europe’s relations with NATO’s main sponsor in Washington. By such maneuvers, the US is at risk of finally losing its understanding and support of its foreign policy in Europe,” Zheleznyak concluded.