French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday voiced solidarity with Spain following recent threats by US President Donald Trump over Madrid’s stance on Iran.
Macron has just spoken with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez “to express France’s European solidarity in response to the recent threats of economic coercion that Spain was targeted with yesterday," the French Presidency told broadcaster BFMTV.
European Council President Antonio Costa also expressed the EU’s solidarity with Madrid and noted that the bloc “will always ensure that the interests of its Member States are fully protected.”
Does Solidarity include not permitting France Airbases to be used in Iran bombing campaign?
Doubt it. Solidary with Spain doesn’t necessarily translate to agreeing with Spain, but defending Spain’s right to sovereignty.
Similar to how someone’s defense of others’ free speech doesn’t translate to agreement of whatever it is that they say.whoaa, non non non
No but it does include this: https://www.elysee.fr/en/emmanuel-macron/2026/02/28/joint-statement-by-the-leaders-of-france-germany-and-the-united-kingdom-on-iran
Basically: Iran bad. We didn’t fire any missiles but are fine with US and Israel doing it.
Are they being used?
you go, France!
way better than the opportunist German chancellor Friedrich Merz, who dipped into Trump’s critique of Spain’s military spending.“The answer on that is quite simple. We are trying to convince Spain to catch up with the 3 percent or 3.5 percent, which we agreed on in Nato, and as the president said, it’s correct. Spain is the only one who is not willing to accept that, and we are trying to convince them that this is a part of our common security that we all have to comply with these numbers. … So, Spain has to comply with that.”
not even three weeks ago Fritze said:
Merz was speaking as the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches and one year after Vance used his speech in the same hall to criticise Europeans for not taking enough control of their own defence arrangements and ignoring the demands of their electorates.
Merz responded by saying it was crucial for the continent to change its mindset and fully exploit the “enormous” military, political, economic and technological potential of a “sovereign Europe”. Germany was striving for “partnership-based leadership” in Europe but retained no “hegemonic fantasies”.
this joke of a politician (the joke is on us, he’s an ex BlackRock banker) has got his nose so far up Trump’s ass that it’s effectively sealed and diapers are no longer needed.
has got his nose so far up Trump’s ass that it’s effectively sealed and diapers are no longer needed.
I think Merz isn’t crawling up Trump’s arse in the customary way, head first, he is going in feet first instead, so he can keep sucking him off while crawling in.
Not a day goes by where i wish i was french - me, a german
The frech have a fucked up police state, being trailblazers when it comes to surveilance in the EU and somehow every second protest ends in a riot, but when it comes to their european foreign policy, they are really solid.
And of course french political discourse, just like most european political discourse, downplays far-right violence, while overstating left-wing political violence. Like when recently a far-right provocateur died after starting a fight at a left-wing protest, and somehow a leftist party in France has to answer for his death?
Fuck the piece of shit Merz and German govt that folded and surrendered to Trump as if they too are in Epstein files.
As always, all about image, with little to show.
