A message for Donald Trump? French President Macron says Europe ‘prefers respect over bullies’ amid Greenland saga
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Macron in Davos Photograph: (AFP)
This came amid the ongoing rift between the French president and his American counterpart, Donald Trump, over the Greenland takeover.
French President Emmanuel Macron, while addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday (Jan 20), said that in order to “fix global imbalances,” Europe needs to be “much stronger and more autonomous.” Without taking any names, Macron said, “We do believe that we need more growth, we need more stability in this world. But we do prefer respect [over] bullies … and we do prefer rule of law [over] brutality. You’re welcome in Europe, and you are more than welcome to France.”
This came amid the ongoing rift between the French president and his American counterpart, Donald Trump, over the Greenland takeover. “More than 60 wars in 2024, an absolute record, even if I understood a few of them were fixed," Macron added in his speech.
The French president also added that the world should not let those with “bigger voices" decide the global order, warning of a shift towards a “world without rules".
“The world is experiencing a shift towards a world without rules, where international law is trampled underfoot and where the only law that seems to matter is that of the strongest," Macron said.
Meanwhile, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she will “not abandon Greenland” in her latest comments on growing tensions with the US, Reuters reported.
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Moreover, after linking his Greenland takeover push to the Nobel Peace Prize, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Jan 20) that her "doesn't care" about the prize. This came days after the American president sent a letter to the Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store saying that he does not feel any obligation for peace after the country denied the Nobel prize to him. “I don’t care about the Nobel Prize. First of all, a very fine woman felt that I deserved it and really wanted me to have the Nobel Prize, and I appreciate that. If anybody thinks that Norway doesn’t control the Nobel Prize, they are just kidding,” Trump told reporters.
