‘All about WAR!’ Macron's shock claim 'populist movements' like Brexit end in conflict
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has made a shocking claim that rising “populist trends” such as Trump and Brexit will end in conflict.
President Emmanuel Macron: Globalisation trend leads to war
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour quizzed Macron over the methods behind his recent election win. She said: “Before the election you said this is a great moment for France to go in the opposite direction of the prevailing trends - take on anti-globalisation, take on populism. What made you do that and believe that you could win doing that?”
Mr Macron tried to claim that a populist movement will end up in conflict after a series of questions about Brexit and Trump.
In response to Amanpour’s grilling, he said: “I know the outcome of this trend, it’s war.
“At the end of the day it’s all about how to fight against each other and it’s all about war. So the big question today is how to rebuild our multilateralism.
“So, during the past two decades inequality has increased like crazy. That’s a big issue for all our middle classes.
“And that’s the very beginning of this crisis of globalisation. But, second, we have to deal with climate change, terrorism, migration. All these issues are global issues.
“So we need multilateralism. We need to strongly coordinated and protect our common goals and our values.”
Mr Macron believes that his views on multilateral diplomacy, a practice of combining two or more nations or parties to solve global issues, is the reason why he got elected.
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Although Mr Macron said he wants to avoid a war, it was announced last week that Germany and France want to build a “truly autonomous defence industry in Europe”, according to a report by the German Council on Foreign Relations.
France and Germany announced the shock plans that they were building a next-generation fighter in a joint defence programme.
The announcement of a joint defence programme between Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron marks the shifting of power within the bloc, with the two countries re-emerging as the driving force of the European Union.
The move has been described as “a twofold rejection: of the US and the United Kingdom” as Germany and France attempt to reassert their authority over Britain in the wake of Brexit.