Macron’s early attempt to mediate between Europe and Trump

According to Isna, US President-elect Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Paris on Saturday evening for talks.

According to Reuters news agency, Macron held this tripartite meeting while hosting world leaders for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral.

This is Trump’s first foreign trip since winning the US presidential election in November. According to a Reuters analyst, Trump’s visit to Paris is seen as an early opportunity for Macron to play the role of mediator between Europe and the future US president.

Entering the Elysee Palace, Trump told Macron that they had had “really great success” working together during his first term as president.

Trump added: “We’ve had a lot of success defensively and offensively, and it seems like the world is going crazy, and we’re going to talk about it.”

According to the report of the British news agency, the meeting of these three people lasted about 20 minutes.

Earlier, AFP reported that Zelensky and Trump, who are in Paris for the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral along with dozens of world leaders and prominent figures, were initially scheduled to meet with Macron in two separate meetings.

The French presidential office confirmed just minutes before the meeting that all three leaders would participate in a tripartite dialogue.

According to Reuters, European leaders are concerned about Trump’s commitment to NATO and his support for Ukraine in the current conflict against Russia. During his election campaign, Trump announced that he would end the conflict in Ukraine within “one day”.

On the other hand, last week, the minority government of French Prime Minister Michel Barnier was dissolved by the vote of no confidence in the country’s parliament and the French government fell. In this regard, according to Reuters, in addition to mediating between Trump and Europe on the issue of NATO and Ukraine, Macron is looking to score points through interaction with Trump.

But according to the analyst of this news agency, there may be differences between the Palace and Europe in Trump’s second administration due to Trump’s desire to impose extensive tariffs on Europe and other trading partners of the United States and differences of opinion on how to handle the Ukraine conflict. And it is Russia.

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