an air of Marseillaise played under a gloomy sky and a sober welcome. Javier Milei, the ultraliberal Argentine president, received Emmanuel Macron, not without some warmth, on Sunday, November 17, in Buenos Aires. The two men posed together in the “white room” of the Argentine presidency, in the company of Brigitte Macron and Karina Milei, the influential sister of the Argentine leader, general secretary of the presidency. Without saying a word to the press.
Almost everything opposes the two men, who nevertheless try to establish contact. Since coming to power in December 2023, Javier Milei has already had the opportunity to speak face to face with the French head of state on July 26 in Paris, on the occasion of the opening of the Olympic Games. This time, Emmanuel Macron, on his way to the G20 summit to be held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) on Monday, November 18 and Tuesday, November 19, decided late to visit his Argentine counterpart, who had just returned from a meeting. with Donald Trump on November 14 at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Ideological proximity to Trump
The “Trump of the Pampas” is the first foreign leader to meet with the Republican president-elect since his clear victory on November 5. He claims his ideological proximity to the American billionaire and wants to align his diplomacy with his, in support of Israel in particular.
Saturday, MM. Milei and Macron, barely off the plane, first had a private dinner, without advisors, at the Argentine president’s residence, a little far from the capital. While the negotiations promise to be tense in Rio on climate issues, on the sidelines of the COP29 in Baku, the Argentine head of state does not hide his climate-skeptical positions, in line with those of Donald Trump, to the point that uncertainty remains compromised. keep your country in the Paris agreement. “We had a debate, but we still don’t agree”, recognized the French president after their meeting, just before embarking for Brazil.
Ahead of the G20 in Rio, Argentina refused to sign a United Nations (UN) resolution aimed at strengthening the fight against online violence against women. It is the only country in the world that voted against. For Emmanuel Macron, these disagreements should not prevent him from speaking with his counterpart, especially at a time when the election of Donald Trump threatens to distance Milei from European positions for a long time.
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