French President Emmanuel Macron is actually one of the few presidents in France in recent years who is not willing to completely submit to the United States, which is actually very rare. You must know that with Macron's status, if he wants to "vote for the United States", then his personal life will be very comfortable, but at present, Macron has obviously chosen a more difficult and uncertain path - that is, to let France take Europe to get rid of the influence of the United States and go its own way.
Such a France and such a French president are undoubtedly admirable, and they also coincide with China's expectations. After all, if Europe can really have strong strategic autonomy and not keep pace with the United States in various affairs, then this will be of great benefit to promoting the development of global multipolarization, promoting world peace, and combating US hegemonism. At present, in the entire European Union, it seems that only France, which has nuclear weapons, has the ability to take Europe away from American influence, which is also China's greatest expectation for France, and one of the biggest reasons why Macron's visit to China was so welcome.
A few days ago, the relevant departments of our country have publicly announced that our high-level officials will pay a state visit to France, Serbia and Hungary from 5 to 10 May. Serbia is known as the "European Serbian Railway", and Hungary is also a relatively sober country in Europe, and these two countries have always been relatively friendly with China, which is why our side was able to build the Hungarian-Serbian Railway. Therefore, our visit to Serbia and Hungary should be a consolidated visit based on traditional friendly relations. Moreover, Hungary and Serbia have some influence on a regional scale, but not enough to influence the situation in Europe and the world. Therefore, the author believes that the "highlight" of our visit should be the visit to France.
Our visit to France can strengthen cooperation between China and France on the one hand, and mutual trust and exchanges between China and Europe on the other. France, as a de facto European continental power, is also Europe's current "armed responsibility", and if it can do something with the support of China, it will undoubtedly be beneficial to China, France and China and Europe. Moreover, Macron's last visit to China has confirmed the overall direction of strengthening cooperation between China and France, and China's return visit can consolidate the consensus and results of the last meeting.
It is worth noting that when China announced its visit to France, Macron also publicly "called" to the United States, saying that Europe should achieve strategic autonomy and build a "strong Europe" and a "credible European defense system". If Macron's remarks are not so obvious to the United States, then Macron's next remarks are enough to prove that he is actually attacking the United States by name, saying that "Europe will never be a vassal of the United States."
In fact, it is already clear that the United States has strengthened its military influence in Europe by instigating the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, provoking the confrontation between Russia and Europe. Just after the Russian-Ukrainian war, Germany suddenly announced that it had withdrawn from the plan to develop fifth-generation aircraft with France, and instead purchased the American F-35, which undoubtedly made France very angry. You know, Germany is not even a partner of the American F-35 program. The United States has coerced and lured European countries to provide military assistance to Ukraine, so that all the old equipment in the arsenals of European countries has been "transformed" into advanced equipment made in the United States, which has undoubtedly greatly strengthened the United States' military control over Europe. In addition, the U.S. military has also taken the opportunity of the Russian-Ukrainian war to enter Europe on a large scale, and the total number of U.S. troops in Europe has exceeded 60,000. All this undoubtedly makes France, which considers itself the "first brother" of Europe, very dissatisfied and very uneasy!
Therefore, Macron bluntly criticized the United States and proposed the establishment of a "credible European defense system", which is to replace the military status of the United States in Europe, so that Europe can establish a strategic autonomy dominated by France. Of course, this is also something that the United States, which has always regarded Europe as one of its "basic plates," cannot tolerate this. As the saying goes, the more you shout, the more you lack, and the reason why Macron will publicly say that "Europe will never be a vassal of the United States" is actually because Europe is in fact becoming a "vassal" of the United States step by step!
Although France is a European military power with nuclear weapons and nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, on the one hand, the United States is stronger, and on the other hand, there are indeed many countries in Europe that are bent on "voting for the United States" (such as Poland). Under such circumstances, it is difficult for France, with its own strength, to eliminate the military influence of the United States in Europe. However, as China's strength grows, France has clearly seen "new possibilities", and if China can provide enough support for France's proposed European strategic autonomy, then this will undoubtedly be a "relief in the snow" for France and Macron himself.
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