• 332@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Why is France consistently the only country with a spine in here?

    • mlg@lemmy.world
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      46 minutes ago

      I actually think they’re trying to leverage it to gain back what was originally in place instead of caving in like everyone else.

      Like right now Macron is talking big about announcing recognition of Palestine in September. He’s giving the US 2 months to bring a better deal or risk losing unilateral NATO support over American foreign policy in Israel.

      I mean its good that they’re actually deciding these things for themselves, but if Trump hadn’t blown up the global market with delusional tariff wars and hanging “allies” to dry, France probably wouldn’t have blinked an eye for anything the US demanded so long as they get paid.

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      19 hours ago

      Always has been, thanks to Gaullist “strategic autonomy”. The cocky old man has been proven so incredibly right these last few years.