Earlier, he had gathered attention with his statement that “NATO was brain dead”. Now, the French President Emmanuel Macron has incited a new debate with his proposal of a ‘European Political Community’. Having stated that the European Union would not suffice to answer the needs of the peoples of Europe and that its reform was necessary, Macron is expected to ...
By Ali Riza Tasdelen The French President Emmanuel Macron gave a long address to the nation. He spoke about the Russian military operation that aimed to stop the NATO expansion eastward and to ensure the Russian national security against Ukraine. And one day later, Macron announced his official presidential candidacy – an announcement he had delayed over many days. Just ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen French President Emmanuel Macron took over the European Union’s (EU) rotating presidency on Saturday for the next six months. France also took the lead of NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) for a period of one year. In 2021, Turkey commanded this unit. Although he has not yet announced his candidacy, Macron, who made ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen In France, regional elections will take place within a month, but all the eyes are directed on the presidential elections occurring in one year. Already today it seems pretty decided that President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally will make it to the second and decisive round, where they will compete ...
On November 25, the French Senate will discuss a resolution to recognize the statehood of the so-called “Republic of Artsakh” – the separatist Armenian authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh. The resolution was initiated by Senator Bruno Retailleau, Chairman of the opposition faction of the “Republicans” party in the Senate. After Armenia lost the war for Nagorno-Karabakh, this move seems quite extravagant. Yerevan ...
Political intelligence suggests that the Atlanticists, which has failed to open the doors of West Asia with firepower, is now implementing a new diplomacy-oriented plan. In order to understand the plan with Israel at its center, we need to get a grasp of the process over the last 20 years. DID THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST PROJECT SUCCEED? Just after the ...
French President Emmanuel Macron swore he would help build tensions between Greece and Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean. He is actively arming the Greek army against Turkey, sending air and sea forces to disputed areas and even mobilized an aircraft carrier – the great Charles de Gaulle. But why exactly? Perhaps the French President cannot stand Turkey’s Erdoğan and wants ...
African debt is a painful subject for the continent, and in many ways a dark one: no one dares give exact figures, but one thing is certain: Africa’s debt is far more than it can afford. The loans of different types (with interests and without), and investments – most with “conditions”. Let us try to calculate the approximate debt figures ...
A hypocritical spectacle The dust from the devastating blast, which caused enormous damage to Beirut and resulted in numerous human casualties had not yet dissipated before French President Emmanuelle Macron landed in the capital of Lebanon. Macron was the first foreign head of state to visit Beirut after a monstrous blast that killed almost 200 people and wounded 5,000. However, ...
On Tuesday 14 July, Emmanuel Macron called for the fight against global warming to be included in the Constitution “as soon as possible”, a request made by the Civil Climate Convention. The head of state said in a television interview on July 14, believing that inclusion in the basic to help transform the country. At the same time, the President ...