Emmanuel Macron assured on Monday that France was “available to work among allies and friends” with the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
“I say: welcome to Liz Truss. I express France’s congratulations and we are available to work among allies and friends”, declared the Head of State during a press conference.
Asked two weeks ago about Emmanuel Macron, “friend or foe”, during a conservative party election meeting, Liz Truss refused to answer.
“The jury is still out,” replied the then head of British diplomacy.
“The UK is a friend of France”
Emmanuel Macron had responded the next day saying that the United Kingdom was “a friendly, strong and allied nation, whoever its leaders are, and sometimes despite and beyond their leaders or the small mistakes they may make in About dais “.
“It’s never good to lose your bearings too much in life. If I was asked the question … who is being considered for future leadership in Britain, I wouldn’t worry. I wouldn’t ask for a second. The UK is a friend of France,” insisted Emmanuel Macron.
“energy cooperation”
This Monday, the president especially highlighted the “energy cooperation” between the two countries, particularly in nuclear matters with the construction by EDF of two reactors at Hinkley Point.
While this project is late, “I hope that industrially we live up to this trust and I have no doubts about it,” he pleaded.
More generally, “we have the same values, we have a history of friendship, we face common challenges”, declared the president, citing in particular the defense “of the values of democracy, together with Ukraine” or even “the battle of climate change”.
“Those are the true agendas, the rest is the foam of the days,” the head of state also pointed out.
Source: BFM TV
