{"id":28487,"date":"2026-02-10T09:37:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=28487"},"modified":"2026-02-10T09:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:40:04","slug":"macron-warns-eu-be-ready-for-u-s-hostility-boost-economic-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2026\/02\/macron-warns-eu-be-ready-for-u-s-hostility-boost-economic-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron warns EU: be ready for U.S. hostility, boost economic reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>French President Emmanuel Macron warned Europe to prepare for continued U.S. hostility, calling the \u201cGreenland moment\u201d a wake-up call for the EU to push through reforms, and said the recent pause in tensions shouldn\u2019t be seen as permanent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reuters reported that Macron urged EU leaders to use a Belgian summit to push economic reforms to make Europe more competitive and stronger against China and the U.S. He described the Trump administration as \u201copenly anti-European\u201d and warned of possible clashes over digital regulations and U.S. tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed to Europe\u2019s two main challenges\u2014China\u2019s trade pressure and the unpredictability of U.S. policy\u2014calling them a \u201cprofound shock\u201d and saying the EU must remain strong and united rather than yield to outside pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Macron called for stronger EU economic tools, like permanent joint borrowing, to fund investments and challenge the U.S. dollar. He also proposed a \u201cMade in Europe\u201d plan to favor European goods, emphasizing preference over protectionism despite some opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron warned Europe to prepare for continued U.S. hostility, calling the \u201cGreenland moment\u201d a wake-up call for the EU to push through reforms, and said the recent pause in tensions shouldn\u2019t be seen as permanent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":28489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,984,976,194,234,244],"tags":[187,253,1497,145],"class_list":["post-28487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-politics","category-world","category-us","category-europe","tag-us","tag-france","tag-macron","tag-europe"],"views":58,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28488,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28487\/revisions\/28488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}