G7: meeting between Macron and Biden to strengthen ties between Paris and Washington
Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden on June 12, 2021 during their bilateral meeting.
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The second day of the G7 continues on the main axes defined in opening: international policy, climate, vaccination.
The leaders are also increasing the number of bilateral meetings, they are mainly used to settle ongoing issues.
Emmanuel Macron thus met his American counterpart in the patio of Joe Biden's room, at his hotel on the North Cornish coast.
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There is clearly a change in atmosphere - everyone is feeling the turnaround from Trump's tumultuous era.
The French president was above all delighted that the United States had once again become a cooperative partner within Western democracies.
Emmanuel Macron underlined this importance given the number of changes and crises they would have to face in the months to come, whether in the efforts to end the pandemic or the many challenges to be met when it comes to was about the climate emergency.
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Joe Biden reaffirmed it again: "
America is back
" - "
America is back
".
The American president underlined the importance of NATO and its cohesion, insisting on the fact that the European Union was in his eyes "
an incredibly strong entity, capable of not only managing its economy, but capable of being the base. of NATO.
"
But obviously, without using the terms of European sovereignty, this concept dear to Emmanuel Macron that the Americans do not see favorably.
The French president, for his part, replied that his counterpart was demonstrating "
leadership, which was a real partnership
", implying that the Europeans do indeed want to be taken seriously.
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