François Bayrou did not chew his words. A few hours after the conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the United States on customs duties, the Prime Minister reacted by a message on x In the bitter tone. “It is a dark day that when an alliance of free peoples, gathered to assert their values and defend their interests, resolves to submission”he said.
The Prime Minister is far from being the only one, in France, to have coldly welcomed the consensus released by Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump. Several members of the French government have abounded in the same direction. “It is an agreement which provides stability, but which remains unbalanced”deplored, this Monday, July 28, on RTL, the Minister of Industry Marc Ferracci on RTL. “The United States has decided to force a new jungle law by force”was also indignant the Minister for Foreign Trade Laurent Saint-Martin. For his part, the Minister responsible for Europe, Benjamin Haddad, warned: “If Europeans do not wake up, the difficulties of others will all seem to be relative in the face of our dropout”.
On the opposition side, criticisms are even more virulent. The head of the RN deputies, Marine Le Pen, denounced “A political, economic and moral fiasco”. At the other end of the political spectrum, the Coordinator of LFI, Manuel Bompard, railed against an agreement of the ” shame “. The secretary general of the Socialist Party, Pierre Jouvet, deplored a “Vassalization” by the United States. When his colleague, the socialist deputy Philippe Brun said “That no European can be satisfied with this” commercial munich “”.
In short, the trade agreement concluded between the European Union and the United States provides customs duties of 15 % on European exports, except on certain strategic products, including aeronautics and agriculture. In addition, the EU is committed to acquire $ 750 billion in American hydrocarbons, in order to replace its imports from Russia, and to make 600 billion additional investments in the United States. The details of the investments will soon be revealed. The American president also mentioned “Hundreds of billions of dollars” weapons purchases by Europeans.
