Jean-Noel Barrot considers that one cannot always agree with the United States, despite being an ally country
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said this Friday that the European political organization is in danger, but warned that it is Europe’s right to say no to an ally country like the United States.
Jean-Noel Barrot’s position was expressed during the annual speech to French ambassadors in Paris, referring directly to the new North American doctrine that predicts civilizational decline in Europe.
The French minister said that currently we cannot always agree with the United States, despite being an allied country.
“In just a few months, the new North American Government decided, and it is its right, to rethink the ties that unite us. It is also our right to say no to a historic ally, however historic it may be”, he stated.
Barrot also said that European civilization will not disappear, but warned that the “political organization” is in danger, despite the “invaluable stability in an unpredictable world” and despite the immense scientific, technological, cultural and financial wealth.
The head of French diplomacy was referring to the recent US Administration document “National Security Strategy” which predicts a “civilizational decline” in Europe.
In the national security strategy published in December last year, the United States stated that Europe’s economic decline “is overshadowed by the real and darker prospect of a civilizational collapse.”
In this sense, Barrot stated that the European Union is “threatened externally by adversaries who try to break ties of solidarity” and internally by “democratic fatigue”.
“Let’s be realistic, there is no guarantee that we will still be living in the European Union as we know it in 10 years,” he warned.
