Published November 28, 2022, 6:39 pmUpdated November 28, 2022, 7:49 pm
Find the means for healthy competition between Europe and the United States. Emmanuel Macron arrives in Washington this Tuesday evening for a three-day state visit to the United States, his second after the one in 2018 under the Trump administration and the first organized by Joe Biden since the beginning of his mandate. A visit with the solemnity and splendor that characterize it – ceremony at the Arlington military cemetery and state dinner with the American president and his wife at the White House – but above all, on the French side, a sense of urgency. “There is a need to resynchronize the American and European agendas” to “consolidate a sort of new partnership”, according to the Elysée.
The war in Ukraine has tested the strength of ties between NATO allies, but it has also exposed Europe to new vulnerabilities, most notably rising energy prices. And Paris now sees with concern the United States arming itself to attract new investments, including through protectionist measures, through the 52 billion dollars dedicated to semiconductors and 370 billion dollars (in ten years) to accelerate its energy transition.
