Emmanuel Macron Spurns US Protection and Bangs Drum for European Army

• Emmanuel Macron Spurns US Protection and Bangs Drum for European Army
  by Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, https://www.thetimes.co.uk/
  The French leader’s demand for an EU fighting force won support from his allies but experts have questioned the logistics involved
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  President Emmanuel Macron was in defiant mood last week as he gave a television interview aboard France’s newly refitted nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, with a French-made Rafale jet visible behind him.
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  His call for the creation of a European army, timed to coincide with events marking the centenary of the end of the First World War, had provoked a furious response from Donald Trump but Macron was not about to back down.
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  “Can I, as president, say to you: I want to place all your security in the hands of the United States?” asked Macron in the interview. “No. The United States is our historic ally, but to be …
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