Macron wants Europe to become ‘third superpower’ following meeting with Xi Jinping

Macron wants Europe to become ‘third superpower’ following meeting with Xi Jinping

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French President Emmanuel Macron said he supports “strategic autonomy” for Europe, which he wants to become a “third superpower” to avoid getting dragged into a confrontation between China and the United States over Taiwan. Speaking to POLITICO on his way back from a trip to China, Macron said the risk Europe faces is getting “caught up in crises that are not ours, which prevents it from building its strategic autonomy.”

 

Macron wants Europe to become ‘third superpower’ following meeting with Xi Jinping