Europe
As Trump squeezes, can de Villepin give new backbone to France?
For the former foreign minister, Emmanuel Macron’s equivocation on Iran is a retreat from the Gaullist tradition of French strategic autonomy
March 17, 2026
For the former foreign minister, Emmanuel Macron’s equivocation on Iran is a retreat from the Gaullist tradition of French strategic autonomy
The prime minister called Trump's war illegal and is not being bullied into joining operations or making equivocal statements of support
Leaders are lamenting the loss of 'vicarious primacy' when they could be taking strategic autonomy more seriously
Efforts to leave the door ajar to Ukraine membership will kill any deal to end the war, which our transatlantic friends know quite well
Is Europe willing to step up to protect Ukraine from future aggression?
In their hypocrisy over Israel, EU elites once again expose the rotting corpse of the so-called 'rules based order'
