France on Saturday attempted to defuse a row sparked by president Emmanuel Macron\u2019s comments about a European army which angered US president Donald Trump, suggesting his remarks had been misinterpreted.<\/p>\n
Trump arrived in Paris for World War 1 commemorations on Friday night blasting what he termed \u201cvery insulting\u201d remarks from Macron who had mentioned the US alongside China, Russia as national security threats earlier this week.<\/p>\n
Macron\u2019s office on Saturday acknowledged that his remarks \u201ccould create confusion\u201d but stressed: \u201cHe never said we need a European army against the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are being hit by attempted break-ins in cyberspace and interventions elsewhere in our democratic lives,\u201d Macron said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia and even the United States.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I see president Trump announce a few weeks ago that he will pull out of a major disarmament treaty, which was signed after the euromissile crisis in the middle of the 1980s which struck Europe.<\/p>\n
Macron went on to make the case for a \u201ctrue European army\u201d that would give Europe strategic autonomy, meaning that it would no longer have to depend on the US forits security.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s uncertain support for the transatlantic military alliance NATO, which Europe has relied on since World War II, has led to a reassessment of Europe\u2019s security needs in many European capitals.<\/p>\n
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has also publicly stated that Europe can no longer rely on US military might alone.<\/p>\n
One of the French president\u2019s closest political allies attacked Trump on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
Richard Ferrand, a founding member of Macron\u2019s political party, said there was \u201can aggressive side\u201d to Trump\u2019s tweet on Friday night about Macron.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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