When France wakes up on the morning of Wednesday, November 6, Donald Trump is on his way to victory to take over the presidency of the United States, eight years after his first election. Since dawn, suspense no longer seems allowed in Paris. The pro-Trump news channel, Fox News, announced, shortly before 8 in the morning, the billionaire’s victory while, in the middle of the night, Tesla boss Elon Musk tweeted “game, set and match”.
There is nothing official yet, but Emmanuel Macron, who seems to forget traditional diplomatic prudence and the consideration due to Democrat Kamala Harris, greets, shortly before nine in the morning, the Republican’s arrival at the White House. “Congratulations President Donald Trump. Ready to work together as we have been able to do for four years. With your beliefs and mine. With respect and ambition. For more peace and prosperity »comments the President of the Republic, about thirty minutes after his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orban, happy with the “go back” of the American president. “Magnificent victory of the American people against a system. A hope for peace, a defeat of the Wokists. A path to the right in France as in Europe. Until victory »It also turns on Eric Ciotti, president of the Union of Rights for the Republic, an ally of far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
The announced victory of the singer ofamerica first, Little concerned with respect for democratic rules and verbal courtesy, he plunges the majority of French political personnel into fear. “What a disaster”, “hallucinatory”… whisper people close to former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and Emmanuel Macron. On the geopolitical level, the fate of Ukraine and the financial aid provided by the United States are particularly worrying.
“Take control of our destiny”
But the French head of state and representatives of Michel Barnier’s government defend the proactive thesis that Donald Trump could, through his excesses and isolationism, contribute to the reactivation of Europe. The most optimistic imagine that Donald Trump’s expected hostility could convince Germany to let the European Union (EU) spend massively to orchestrate its defense and solidify its economy. “I just spoke with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, we are going to work for a more united, stronger, more sovereign Europe in this new context. Cooperating with the United States of America and defending our interests and values”is already putting pressure on Macron to continue
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