Video. Emmanuel Macron pleads for a “credible European defense”

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, pleaded, Thursday April 25, for a “Power Europe”Who “is respected”, “ensure your safety” and resumes “its strategic autonomy”during a speech on Europe given at the Sorbonne University in Paris. “We must be lucid about the fact that our Europe, today, is mortal. She can die, and it only depends on our choices. But these choices must be made now”insisted the head of state. The French president notably mentioned a Europe “in a situation of encirclement” facing the great regional powers (Russia, Iran, etc.) and judged that the values ​​of “liberal democracy” Europeans were “increasingly criticized” And “disputed”.