Following Brexit, France wants to proclaim itself the new pan-European nuclear guarantor. During a speech at L’École de guerre in Paris, Macron announced that he had ambitious plans to put French nuclear weapons at the heart of EU defense policy. By declaring the French doctrine of nuclear deterrence in the current geopolitical environment, Macron clearly outlined the boundaries of what ...
BY ALİ RIZA TAŞDELEN The French people have been demonstrating every Saturday for three weeks against the new security bill passed in the National Assembly. This week, the people took to the streets in 90 cities and towns of France, especially Paris, with the call of France’s biggest labor confederation, the CGT. In addition to the new security law targeting ...
Protests in France against reforms to the pension system have not subsided. Both trade union representatives and ordinary citizens are taking to the streets in droves. More than 800,000 people participated in demonstrations against pension reform in more than 100 cities in France. The outrage was prompted by the French parliament’s scandalous and unpopular decision to raise the retirement age ...
NATO’s anniversary summit recently came to a close in London, where 29 NATO members summed up the results of the alliance summit held in London on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the military bloc. This time, the role of “bad guys” was played not by US President Donald Trump, but by the leaders of France and Turkey – ...
In November 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron called for the formation of a “European army”, sparking a debate among experts and the anger of U.S. President Donald Trump. One year later, in November 2019, President Macron declared that “What we are experiencing is the brain death of NATO”. [1] His statement, as well as the actions of some NATO members ...
What do you think about French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent statement about NATO being “brain dead”? Emmanuel Macron’s comments must be put into context. He highlighted the symptoms of the NATO crisis, namely the lack of coordination between the United States and Europe, and he gave as an example of this problem the unilateral behaviour of Turkey (which is ...