The French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barro believes that there is a risk of disuniting Europe amid the coming to power of the new American administration and turning the Old Continent into a vassal of the United States if measures are not taken to turn it into a leading geopolitical power, he said in an interview with the "Parisien" newspaper, quoted by BTA.
"Yes, there is such a risk", the minister replied to the question of whether he fears the disunity of Europe against the background of what is happening in the USA. "We will manage to overcome it. The point is to have the will.“
According to Barro, the European countries are "determined to hold a dialogue together with the new administration in Washington". According to the head of French diplomacy, in this interaction, Europe must take the position of a "geopolitical power that has no equal to itself", for which it is necessary to strengthen itself in the industrial, military and commercial spheres.
"The protection provided by the US is no longer guaranteed, Europeans now face a triple existential risk: widespread insecurity and war on the continent, industrial and technological decline and the collapse of the democratic model. Our generation must come out of denial and gather courage to change the fate that threatens Europe - to become an aging vassal continent-museum“, said the minister.