2024-09-15 05:29:19
Who, Emmanuel Macron or Michel Barnier, will become the leader of France’s European policy? No doubt they will do it together. The Head of State would be wrong in any case to allow himself the knowledge developed by the new tenant of Matignon, with more than fifteen years of his political life dedicated to Europe: Deputy Minister for European Affairs between 1995 and 1997, European Commissioner twice between 1999 and 2004, then between 2010 and 2014, MEP briefly in 2009, special adviser on security policy within the Council in 2015, and finally, chief Brexit negotiator from 2016 to 2020…
Savoyard knew Brussels from all its corners. It is not in vain at a time when France is closely monitoring the state of its finances, as well as its political instability, all in the context of the war between Russia and Ukraine.
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