DFor years, France has been playing the role of Cassandra in Europe, whose warnings are not heeded. It has constantly called on its partners to provide the European Union with the means to defend their interests by themselves without always having recourse to the American ally. But not only did it do so in vain, but it was also accused of wanting to undermine the role of a NATO to which all Europeans remain attached. Each time a new Minister of Foreign Affairs arrived at the Quai d’Orsay, I knew that one of his first ideas would be to ask for an initiative to strengthen European defence, and the scenario was always the same: indifference of our armies , who prefer to act in a national capacity or within the framework of NATO rather than within that of…
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