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French President Emmanuel Macron said it would be β€œmadness” to ignore the threat Russia has become for Europe and said he is open to discussing the extension of France's nuclear deterrence to Paris's European allies.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I like macron <3

He just cares deeply about the EU and europe.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Macron is a neoliberal d*** to his people, which is why there is so much unrest in France. He blocked a center-left majority coalition in favor of forcing a center-right coalition that since failed, after pulling the same snap-election stuff that got the Brexit in the UK.

Macron is the epitome of the rich exploiting the rest. It is just that he understands that EU is central to maintaining his rich friends assets.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 minutes ago

Thank you; I've felt like I've been hallucinating the past week with Lemmy doubling down on capitalism – but I'm our backyard – and seemingly neglecting that Europe had its own long, and currently ongoing, history of colonialism and exploration.

The reach for shoring up existing systems – but just, now, in European control – rather than establishing better ones has been massively disappointing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Are you from France? Or just another "socialist" that spends all their time attacking world leaders that are opposed to fascism?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Macron is not opposed to fascism. If he was, he would have embraced the center-left coalition instead of forcing a center-right coalition which failed within a year, further strengthening the fascists in France.

Neoliberal Capitalists are always open to Fascism as long as it preserves their wealth.