New French president has been confident and sure-footed in first weeks, say analysts
Swift, smart and typically self-assured, Emmanuel Macron’s response to Donald Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate accords confirmed a near-faultless debut on the international stage for France’s new president, analysts said.
“Make our planet great again,” Macron, a diplomatic novice not yet 40, exhorted the world, recycling Trump’s own slogan in an unprecedented address partly in English from the Elysée Palace soon after the US president had informed the world he was withdrawing from the global agreement on Thursday.
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Source: Guardian Climate Change