After meeting with Xi Jinping, Macron re-emphasized the theory of “reducing dependence on the United States”

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Returning to Korea, the paradox of ‘strategic autonomy’… There was also talk of “the US dollar, extraterritorial rights”

“To be boasted in a crisis that has nothing to do with us, the great danger facing Europe”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yoon-kyung Hyun = French President Emmanuel Macron, who was warmly welcomed by President Xi Jinping in China last week, reiterated his view that Europe should reduce its dependence on the United States, according to Bloomberg News, US political media Politico, etc. This was reported on the 9th (local time).

According to Bloomberg and others, President Macron said in an interview with three media outlets, including Politico and the French economic magazine Les Esco, held on the plane returning to France after visiting China, so that Europe would not be subjugated in the global struggle for supremacy, such as the conflict between the United States and China, there must be ‘strategic autonomy.’ emphasize the importance of this theory.

President Macron, who visited China on the 5th to the 7th, had talks with President Xi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the 6th, and met him again the next day in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, for a conversation. informal meeting. sent.

In an interview, President Macron emphasized that it is important for Europe to gain strategic autonomy, saying, “We do not want to be dependent on other forces on important issues,” referring to energy, defense, social media, and artificial intelligence (AI ).

“The great danger facing Europe is that it is drawn into a crisis that has nothing to do with us,” he said. Don’t,” he warned.

He also drew attention to the fact that the US dollar enjoys an ‘extraterritorial right’ in the international economy, and said that Europe’s dependence on the dollar should be reduced.

Resistance to dollar hegemony is also a key policy goal in countries such as China and Russia.

In this regard, Politico said China, Russia, Iran, etc. have recently been hit by US sanctions based on blocking access to dollar-oriented international financial networks, and some European countries are also dissatisfied with the United States arming the dollar, he explained that he had revealed

This is because European companies have stopped trading with these countries due to US sanctions or are in a position to be subject to secondary sanctions.

As revealed in the interview that day, President Macron actually suggested that he would implement China’s discriminatory policy during his visit to China, unlike the United States, which takes a tough stance to exclude China from’ r international industrial chain.

On the first day of his visit to China, during a speech to Korean residents and a Q&A with reporters, he said, “We must not separate ourselves from China,” and “We will continue to pursue commercial relations with China .”

President Macron’s stance this time is greatly welcomed by China, which has been working hard to improve relations with Europe to change the flow of Western containment of China amid strained relations with the United States.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met in California on the 5th, and China, which showed an enthusiastic response, conducted a military drill to encircle Taiwan on the 8th, the day after President Macron boarded a return flight after finishing his visit to China Politico analyzed that the launch of the .

President Macron also mentioned the Taiwan issue in an interview on his return trip that day. “Europe must answer the question, ‘Is it in our interests to worsen the crisis around Taiwan?’ The answer is no,” he said.

“What is worse is that we as Europeans are becoming followers on this subject and think we should follow the US agenda and China’s overreaction,” he said.

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