THE Emmanuel Macron will not participate this afternoon in the G7 summit via videoconference called by Italy on the crisis in middle Eastand France will be represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noel Barot, announced the Élysée.
The French president participates at the same time in Berlin Global Dialoguein the German capital, where he is expected to speak during a meeting dedicated to the “future of Europe in a multipolar world”, according to the Élysée Palace.
Since your coalition lost the parliamentary elections this summer and the French president appointed a right-wing opposition prime minister, Mr. Michel BarnierMacron focuses partly on what is traditionally considered the domain of the head of state, namely foreign policy and defense.
Today, before this forum, Macron met with the German Chancellor’Olaf Solz in Berlin, and last night he chaired a national defense and security council dedicated to the Middle East. Ask him Jean-Noel Barot return to the region to work on de-escalation.
Israel and Tehran exchanged threats following last night’s major Iranian attack on Israeli soil to avenge the deaths of the leaders of Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Palestinian Hamas, with the Israeli military today carrying out new attacks against the Lebanese pro-Iranian movement.
Source: RES/MPE
