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  • 22 Dec 2022 14:08
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French President Emmanuel Macron suggests that Europe should gain more autonomy on technology and defense capabilities from the US.

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  • Macron says Europe should limit security dependence on US.
    Macron says Europe should limit security dependence on US.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that European countries should be more decisive in the NATO alliance and reduce their “reliance on the US," according to reports. 

On his way back from an international summit in Amman, Jordan, Emmanuel Macron told reporters that "he doesn't see his push to develop European defense as an alternative to NATO," according to the Wall Street Journal.

Macron says that a stronger Europe would allow the continent to become more autonomous within the military alliance, acting “inside NATO, with NATO but also not depending on NATO.”

“An alliance isn’t something I should depend on. It’s something that I should choose, something I work with,” the daily quoted Macron as saying. “We must rethink our strategic autonomy.”

He said that Europe needs to gain more autonomy in technology and defense capabilities, including from the US.

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