It is reported that in April last year, France's Macron was interviewed by the American "Political News Network" on his way back from a visit to China and put forward a new theory. He said that what Europe urgently needs now is "strategic autonomy", and that the EU does not need to rely on the policies of other countries, but needs to go its own way. At that time, Macron was the first EU country to say that "it is necessary to reduce its dependence on the United States", especially the dependence on the extraterritoriality of the US dollar.
However, a year later, France has still not taken concrete measures to "not rely on the United States". "The Mirror" previously believed that France's position was gradually estranged from the United States, and one of the salient points was to see how their relations with China and Russia were. But in 2023, France and Russia have made no progress, and China has made very limited progress. On Thursday, Macron said at the Davos Economic Forum that Europe should decide whether to become a sovereign Europe, and he again said in public that Europe needs strategic independence and plans to do so for 10 years.
According to the scene**, Macron also made another statement. Macron said that the EU will decide whether it wants to "have sovereignty" between 2024 and 2025; There are three aspects, one of which is how they intervene in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, how they handle their relations with other countries, and maintain influence in other countries and regions around the world. He also said that the urgent task for the EU now is to create more jobs and space for development in order to revive the economy. Talking about Sino-French relations, Macron claimed that France maintains a partnership with China, but will adhere to a "de-risking strategy" in relations with China.
Analysts believe that Macron's latest statement claims that he will adhere to a "de-risking strategy" in relations with China, but in the final analysis, this is still a cliché under the US line. During the summit in Brussels, Blinken warned the EU to pay attention to the "distance" between China and China, so as to prevent any future actions by China, which may face the same situation as Russian natural gas. Therefore, regardless of any EU country, this kind of "de-risking" and "de-dependence" words have long been unmeaningful, and this is no different from France's "manipulated" fierce stance against Russia. To sum up, Macron does not yet have a so-called independent policy.
It is also worth mentioning that although Macron has stressed twice, there are still observers who say that the next step is more to see more actions by France than just words, and if France is determined to follow the US policy, they will soon see them confronting the US in the EU. There is a comment on this: "Macron wants to re-examine the sovereignty of the European Union, of course, this is more likely to deceive the votes of right-wing voters in France, than sincerely; How can France break away from the policies of the United States and gain independent sovereignty? They haven't tried to take the first step yet, let alone the following. ”