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    French President Emmanuel Macron delivers speech at Davos Forum • FRANCE 24 English

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    2. Soft-Ingenuity2262 on

      He was quite sassy towards Trump and got a few laughts out of the crowd.

      “**It’s a time of peace, stability and predictability** (…) We are reaching a time of of unstability of unbalances both from the security and defense point of view and the economic point of view. Look at the situation where we are. I mean a shift towards autocracy against democracy, more violence, more than 60 wars in 2024, an absolute record even if **I understood a few of them were fixed**.”

      🍊: That’ll be gazillion% tariffs on Champagne!

    4. Tricky_Pass5857 on

      Honestly refreshing to hear a European leader speak confidently about cooperation and long term goals, even if Davos is heavy on symbolism.

    11. Calm-Scallion-8540 on

      When you read a lengthy attack against Macron, you can be sure you’re dealing with a far-right Trump supporter, or a pro-Russian Mélenchon supporter incapable of admitting they are the source of our problems.

    12. Calm-Scallion-8540 on

      We’re going to suffer with that orange idiot, no big deal. …but we’re strong in adversity…that orange monster is going to learn the hard way. Old Europe still has some fight left in it.

    14. Dont-be-a-smurf on

      I understand many in France do not care for him.

      From a liberal American’s perspective, he appears to be a courageous leader in foreign policy.

      As much as I’m sure Europeans would prefer to focus on their own development and financially future-proofing their benefits systems…

      Sadly I think Europe needs strong foreign policy leaders to help rally international sentiment and likely boost military spending across the board.

      Trump’s strategy will eventually turn into Defeat in Detail – likely leaning on Hungary while finding ways to fund every right wing party across all of Europe in an attempt to shatter EU unity – which would greatly benefit his disastrous goals of explicit imperialism.

      It is clear he does not respect any European leader or power. By the nature of Europe, unprecedented international cooperation will be required to force a change.

      From a believer in enlightenment principles and liberalism (the two great polestars of “western” culture), I wish you all the best.

    15. VermicelliNew2784 on

      I like this guy, I know he isn’t popular in France but when it comes to EU topics, he says what he needs to be said and he does it confidently. Which should be normal for all our leaders in EU but alas that’s not the case for several countries these days 

    17. Banzboi on

      >“Having a place like Europe, which sometimes is too slow, for sure, and needs to be reformed, for sure, but which is predictable, loyal, and where you know that the rule of the game is the rule of law, is a good place”

      I am also very often frustrated with the EU and I agree with the desperate need for reform but its benefits still far outweigh its downsides. The project of European Unity is the greatest project this continent has ever worked on. We must not let it fail, especially at the hands of foreign powers.

    19. Remedial_Gash on

      Macron is brilliant on the international stage, shit in France and terrible with sunglasses. I like him, from Wales.

    20. SeveralLadder on

      That was akin to a ruthless roast of an unhinged heckler in diplomacy speak, glorious!

      Europe has no doubt about donalds mental illness, and is forced to deal with his malignant narcissism instead of a politician, because the yanks can’t be trusted to keep their house in order.

      This will have repercussions for generations.

    21. Blue_Pacman on

      Remember the out first time President Macron spoke English in public? At home in France there was a huge outcry. It now seems that everyone has accepted it and it gives France much more power. Because the truth is that few European leaders are fluent in French and even fewer of the general public.

      Macron gave a fantastic speech and Europeans should rally behind him. And because he spoke in English many more in Europe can actually understand it.

    22. Few-Flounder-8951895 on

      I hope that after his term is over he’ll take the place of VDL, he has all the right things to become a leader of the EU (or even better yet of a federal EU)

    24. throw65755 on

      As an American and a Francophile, I am always flabbergasted by how Macron actually respects his audience enough to assume they can absorb and understand information.

      Even our most respected Democratic Party leaders in the U.S. are not smart enough to understand the power of that.

    27. Ok_Rush9740 on

      I mean…it’s just nice to see a statesman who can speak in sentences and use words of more than two syllables. Like a glass of cool water. And in just one of many additional languages. He speaks better English than Syphilitic Comb-over Cheeto OrangUtango

    28. pomobc on

      I’ve just ordered some french champagne… I believe the orange man will actually slap a 200% tariff after he hears this speech

    29. umotex12 on

      It’s crazy how well Macron and Tusk are perceived outside of their respective countries lol

    32. Ru-Bis-Co on

      As a German, I’d happily vote for him in an EU election. He would be a great President of the EU Commission.

    35. wouek on

      I know it’s due to his eye issue but I like that sunglasses choice. I’m 200% sure it was intentional. Biden wore similar.