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Emmanuel Macron mediator of the G7 with Iran? French diplomatic sources spread the alleged commission, Trump denies it and the French president has to point out that the G7 cannot give "formal mandates." Someone has stopped braking.

The species ran among the many of the 2,000 journalists accredited to cover the G7 summit in Biarritz. This was reported by the public information chain France Info: "The Iranian dossier is also at the center of this morning's discussions. Diplomatic sources have told Afp that yesterday, during dinner, the leaders had agreed" to order the French president Emmanuel Macron discuss with Iran, on the basis of his interventions and to address [to Tehran] a "common" message.

In two words: Macron, mediator. In addition to France Presse, the Reuters agency spread a matching story.

The protagonist was more cautious before the cameras of another information chain, LCI. "We have agreed on what we are going to say about Iran," Macron said. But he did not appear as the person in charge of carrying the message.

It is clear that some Elysee interlocutor with the press was a step beyond what was agreed. Own initiative. Or because they had told him to tell it that way.

The fact is that Donald Trump went out to cut for the sake. Minutes later he claimed that the alleged mandate to Macron "had not been discussed at dinner" by the leaders.

Then, Macron went out to the cameras. In an informative role of what is being said among the leaders, he warned that he did not want to come in to comment on information and reactions to it . And he parapetized in two certain mockeries. The G7 is not an organism or institution but an "informal discussion forum." It cannot, therefore, give anyone "a formal mandate."

He took the opportunity to communicate "the two lines of force in common" about Iran that have come out of the discussions. "First of all, no member of the G7 wants Iran to ever have the nuclear weapon. Second, all the members of the G7 support the stability of the region."

There is consensus on these two basic things but each member of the G7 will continue on their own. "I will speak on behalf of France," Macron added.

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