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DAVOS, Switzerland French President Emmanuel Macron laid claim to the mantle of leader of the free world on Wednesday, with an ambitious speech before a packed assembly at the World Economic Forum.
He sought to place France at the center of a mission to revamp global capitalism while spreading its spoils more equitably, forging a mode of commerce centered on innovation, yet bearing protections for workers set back by change.
Mr. Macrons hourlong speech before the annual gathering of the worlds wealthy and powerful in the Swiss Alps came on the same day that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni issued their own forceful speeches toward advancing European integration, while defending the notion of international cooperation.
Collectively, they signaled that Europe only a year ago dismissed as a crippled economic realm fraught with political recrimination has regained force. Europes leaders left no doubt that they aim to channel their newfound economic strength toward advancing the project of European integration first launched in the middle of the last century, seen as an antidote to the brutalities of two world wars.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/europe-is-back-and-rejecting-trumpism/ar-AAv8mTD?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=edgsp
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)Poor Donny's gonna wish he stayed at home. What an embarrassment.
and Europe is stepping up to the plate since tRUMP been such an idiot w/ regards to American interests...
John Fante
(3,479 posts)market rise under Gump. Will the msm point this out? Nope.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)I just cant imagine his reaction if 70-90% of the crowd gets up and walks out of his talk.
I do not think he would even be able to finish his talk he would be so unglued.
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)He does.
bdamomma
(63,919 posts)a very chilly reception and I'm not talking about the weather either.
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)A major one.
The world is tired of him.