U.S. Confrontation

Emmanuel Macron used coordinated interviews published Tuesday across multiple European outlets to argue that the European Union must accelerate delayed reform measures and treat what he termed the “Greenland moment” as impetus for greater strategic autonomy. The French president characterized recent friction with Washington as symptomatic of deeper policy divergence rather than isolated incidents.

Speaking to Le Monde, the Financial Times and other publications, Macron rejected what he described as months of attempted accommodation with the Trump administration, saying that approach had failed to yield lasting results. He urged the bloc to abandon strategies centered on de-escalation when faced with …