China News Service, December 5th (CBS) broadcast an exclusive interview with French President Macron on the 4th.
Macron said US-EU relations were "out of sync" due to high energy prices.
Macron said he believed the current U.S. government and President Joe Biden were "very closely linked to Europe" personally.
On December 1, local time, US President Biden held a welcome ceremony at the White House for French President Macron, who was on a state visit to the United States.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong
"But if you look at the situation today, there is indeed a desynchronization. Why? Energy. Europe is the buyer of gas and oil, the United States is the producer." Macron said, "If you look at the situation now, our industry and Families are not buying at the same price. So there is a huge disparity affecting the purchasing power and competitiveness of our society."
Turning to the Ukraine issue, Macron pointed out that Europe and the United States are very closely linked in the Russia-Ukraine situation "for the same principle".
"But the costs are not the same on both sides of the Atlantic."
Since the situation in Russia and Ukraine has deteriorated, many European countries have announced that they will stop purchasing Russian energy.
To reduce their dependence on Russian energy, European countries have turned to U.S. natural gas, but the price is many times the cost of buying the same fuel in the United States.