In an interview at the “World”, the French Foreign Minister calls into question the behavior of China and Russia, in a world where power relations harden.
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Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs of Emmanuel Macron since 2017, after being Minister of Defense in the Government of François Hollande, deplores, in an interview in the world, the “Populaisms Diplomatic “.
How did the pandemic have aggravated international tensions?
We are not yet totally out of the CVIV-19 crisis, but already observe that it is the world before worse. We note not only the brutalization of the reports, but also a real race for the power, aggravated by a competition of the models. Our competitors have neither taboo nor limits: they plan private militias everywhere, they divert planes, explode satellites, they subordinate peoples, siphon resources on some continents, I think of Africa, forcing countries concerned to croze under debt. We must act now, otherwise the story will not wait for us. The issue for Europe is to accelerate to have the ability to be an affirmed power capable of defending its model and promote effective multilateralism.
But Europe is it not threatened itself?
We see the rise of grows, which can get away from this necessity. The populist drift also concerns foreign policy and European policy. I am thinking of those who play with the fundamental principles of our own European project. I am thinking of those who are fascinated by authoritarian regimes, who will even look for a form of guarantee, to those who can yield to Template Testations of Reverse, to those who believe that migration policy is the alpha and the omega of any foreign policy. These diplomatic populisms are in fact a renunciation hidden to the power, the European identity and our values, in the form of a posture of matamores. For our part, we are moving concretely. The French Presidency of the European Union [EU] from January 2022 will allow us to accelerate precisely in the affirmation of its power, its sovereignty and its model.
What’s going on Is the border between Belarus and Poland a “migratory attack”, or a hybrid war operation?
This is not in the first place of a migratory crisis. It is primarily an instrumentalization of migrants by a dictator to try to destabilize Europe. This problem must be treated as cynical and organized provocation. It is a trafficking of human beings manipulated. Faced with that, we need to post a very strong firmness and a very strong solidarity with regard to the European countries that are victims of these manipulations. This goes through new sanctions against Minsk.
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