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After Trump win, French President Macron asks if EU is ‘ready to defend’ European interests
French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a strong message to the European Union in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive victory.
In a translated video shared to social media site X, Macron addressed the European Union saying, «Donald Trump was elected by Americans to defend the interests of Americans. The question we, as Europeans, must ask ourselves is, are we ready to defend the interests of Europeans?»
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In his continued address, Macron called Europe the world’s «herbivore» and called for his fellow European nations to become an «omnivore.»
«For me, it’s simple,» said Macron. «The world is made up of herbivores and carnivores. If we decide to remain herbivores, then the carnivores will win and we will be a market for them.»
Macron has sought independence from the interests of trading rivals like the United States and China during his tenure as president.
The EU took Thursday’s meeting in Budapest as an opportunity to outline its ambitions for the near future, including supporting Ukraine in the war against Russia.
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The French president was one of the first world leaders to congratulate President-elect Trump on Wednesday, writing on X «Congratulations, President @realDonaldTrump. Ready to work together as we did for four years. With your convictions and mine. With respect and ambition. For more peace and prosperity.»
Macron has been under fire within his own country this year after he called for snap elections in June, narrowly beating Marine Le Pen’s conservative party.
Immigration continues to be a sore spot politically for Macron, with 8.7 million foreign-born residents in France per 2022 numbers shared by Statista.
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Emmanuel Macron must step down in 2027 and cannot run again for president, per French law.
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South Korean president apologizes for declaring martial law ahead of impeachment vote
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday apologized for his short-lived declaration of martial law earlier in the week, as he now prepares for a parliamentary vote on whether to impeach him.
Yoon said in a televised address Saturday morning that he will evade legal or political responsibility for the declaration and vowed not to make another attempt to impose it, according to The Associated Press. The president, a conservative, said he would leave it to his party to offer a path forward amid the country’s political turmoil, «including matters related to my term in office.»
«The declaration of his martial law was made out of my desperation,» Yoon said. «But in the course of its implementation, it caused anxiety and inconveniences to the public. I feel very sorry over that and truly apologize to the people who must have been shocked a lot.»
In his martial law declaration on Tuesday, Yoon called parliament a «den of criminals» blocking state affairs and pledged to eliminate «shameless North Korea followers and anti-state forces.»
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A National Assembly vote on an opposition-led motion to impeach Yoon is slated for Saturday afternoon. The opposition parties that jointly brought the impeachment motion hold 192 of the legislature’s 300 seats, meaning they need at least eight additional votes from Yoon’s conservative People Power Party to secure the needed two-thirds to pass the motion.
Yoon’s party called for his removal on Friday, although the party remained formally opposed to impeachment.
Opposition lawmakers say that Yoon’s declaration of martial law was a self-coup, so they drafted the impeachment motion on rebellion charges.
If Yoon is impeached, his powers will be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him from office. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, the second in command in the South Korean government, would take over his presidential responsibilities.
Should the president be removed, an election to replace him must be held within 60 days.
On Tuesday, special forces troops were observed encircling the parliament building and army helicopters were hovering over it. The military withdrew after the National Assembly unanimously voted to overturn Yoon’s declaration of martial law, forcing him to lift it just hours after it was issued.
The declaration of martial law was the first of its kind in more than 40 years in South Korea.
Thousands of demonstrators have since protested in the streets of Seoul, waving banners, shouting slogans and singing along to K-pop songs with lyrics changed to demand Yoon’s removal.
Han said he had received intelligence that, during the period of martial law, Yoon ordered the country’s defense counterintelligence commander to arrest and detain key politicians based on accusations of «anti-state activities.»
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After Yoon’s televised address, Han again called for the president to resign. Han said the president wasn’t in a state where he could normally carry out official duties.
«President Yoon Suk Yeol’s early resignation is inevitable,» Han told reporters.
Hong Jang-won, first deputy director of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing that Yoon called after imposing martial law and ordered him to help the defense counterintelligence unit to detain key politicians including Han, the main liberal opposition Democratic Party’s leader Lee Jae-myung and National Assembly speaker Woo Won Shik, according to Kim Byung-kee, one of the lawmakers who attended the meeting.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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