In an all -out diplomatic force demonstration, Emmanuel Macron has just launched a series of communication offensives that draw the contours of a France determined to weigh on the world chessboard.
First front: digital. The French president did not hesitate to meet iron with Elon Musk, joining the growing cohort of European leaders who are concerned about the influence of the billionaire on the democratic processes of the Old Continent. A position that illustrates the will of Paris to no longer leave the tech giants to dictate their law in Europe.
On the Ukrainian file, a change in your radical. Whoever was one of the most ardent defenders of kyiv’s territorial integrity now adopts a posture of “realpolitik”. By calling for “realistic discussions on territorial issues”, Macron sketches the contours of a new diplomatic approach, more pragmatic than dogmatic.
Iran is no exception to this all -round offensive. The French head of state increases the tone, brandishing the spectrum of a “point of no return” in the Iranian nuclear file. A warning that positions France as a spearhead of European vigilance in the face of Tehran’s ambitions.
Finally, in a glance that did not fail to make react, Macron claims without complex the heritage of the French intervention in the Sahel. With a barely veiled point of bitterness, he still awaits the thanks for the Sahelian states for having, in his words, prevented their tilting in the hands of the jihadists. An outing that caused the immediate ire of Chad and Senegal, denouncing a “contemptuous attitude”.
This succession of muscular interventions draws the contours of French diplomacy which, at the dawn of 2025, seeks to establish itself as an essential voice on the international scene. Between assumed pragmatism and calculated provocations, Emmanuel Macron seems to have chosen the strategy of this offensive, even if it means shaking up certain susceptibility.
It remains to be seen whether this 360 -degree communication war will allow France to strengthen its influence or if it risks, on the contrary, to isolate Paris more on the international scene. One thing is certain: the Macronian “at the same time” seems to have given way to an assumed “against all”.
