This is not the case, but it is true that he warned against falling into the trap of a heightened fascination with the rising tensions between Beijing and Washington: "the world, as it is today, cannot be reduced to the rivalry between China and the United States".
In his speech, the President gave an initial assessment of the crisis caused by Covid-19: "All the fractures that existed prior to the pandemic [...] have only accelerated and deepened as a result of the global destabilization created by the it". However, while there will be an end to Covid-19, "there will be no miracle cure for the dismantling of the contemporary order".
According to Mr Macron, several cycles are coming to a close: "this world in which we have been living in was based on [...] the Washington consensus. It has run its course." The same applies to the framework set by the Cold War: "our security and stability depended very largely on agreements signed in the past between the United States of America and the USSR," which have been "gradually dismantled over the last decade."
What is to be rebuilt on the ruins of a world that is disappearing before our eyes? According to Emmanuel Macron, the answer lies in "a fairer, more balanced, more equitable and more sustainable globalization", "integrating within it, at the heart of its model, the fight against inequalities [...], the fight against global warming".
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