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Posted on January 20, 2025
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French PM Bayrou urges France and Europe to resist Trump's policies, warning of potential domination and marginalization if no action is taken.
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou warned on Monday that France and Europe as a whole would have to stand up to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his policies, or face being "crushed".
"The United States has decided to embark upon an extremely domineering form of politics, via the dollar, via its industrial policy, via the fact that it can capture the world's investments and the world's research," Bayrou told reporters, as he held a New Year's address in the city of Pau.
"And if we don't do anything, our fate is very simple - we will be dominated. We will be crushed. We will be marginalised," he also said.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Toby Chopra)
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou warned that France and Europe must stand up to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump or risk being 'crushed' by his domineering politics.
Bayrou described the U.S. approach as an 'extremely domineering form of politics' that utilizes the dollar and industrial policy to capture global investments.
He stated that if Europe does not take action, it would face domination, marginalization, and ultimately be 'crushed' by U.S. policies.
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