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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

What’s Going Macron? The New Special Relationship

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Has France replaced the UK in the so-called ‘special relationship’ with the US? Journalist and European Research Fellow Rym Momtaz talks to Ros Taylor from Paris about the similarities between Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron, that awkward AUKUS moment over submarines, and why Macron might become the “Obama of France”… “When Trump was President, Macron tried to set up a bromance.” “It's a misconception that Democrats get along better with their European counterparts.” “Macron is trying to be seen as driving the EU response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.” Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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into George Bush's eyes and gripped him firmly by the hand at Camp David. Things have gone

1:20.5

downhill since then. Barack Obama didn't have much time for David Cameron and the feeling was apparently mutual.

1:26.0

Boris Johnson seemed to get on with Donald Trump.

1:29.0

But they didn't have much time to hit it off before Joe Biden arrived in the White House. By last month, Liz Trust was forced to admit that a US-UK trade deal wasn't on the cards anytime soon, and Joe Biden made it clear what he thought of the kind of trickle-down economics trust has embraced.

1:45.0

But one relationship is doing a lot better these days, the one between Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron, the French president.

1:52.0

With me to talk about it is Riemontas. Manuel Macron, the French President.

1:52.7

With me to talk about it is Riem Montas, a consultant research fellow at the International

1:57.6

Institute for Strategic Studies.

2:00.3

Welcome to the bunker, Riem.

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