Emmanuel Macron hosted Mark Carney at the Elysee on Monday as both France and Canada work out how best to deal with Donald Trump.
Carney, who replaced Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister last week, is in Europe to garner support for Canada amid growing tensions with the USA. In a joint press conference, Carney spoke of Canada’s desire to ‘reinforce its ties with reliable allies like France’. He added that it was necessary to ensure that ‘France and the whole of Europe works enthusiastically with Canada, the most European of non-European countries, determined like you to maintain the most positive possible relations with the United States.’
Since he returned to the White House in January, Trump has slapped a series of escalating import tariffs on Canadian goods, and also talked of turning Canada into the 51st State.
Macron used the press conference to focus on Ukraine, and he pledged France’s continued support for Kyiv and called on Russia to demonstrate ‘clear commitments’ towards agreeing a lasting peace in Ukraine in order to guarantee ‘the security of the whole of Europe’.
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