Emmanuel Macron has offered Liz Truss an olive branch after her controversial “friend or foe” remarks by saying after their first bilateral talks that it is time to “move on”.
The two leaders appeared to smooth over tensions during their meeting in New York, which No 10 said was dominated by Ukraine and energy security, but avoided the controversial issues of the Northern Ireland protocol and migration.
After the talks, the French president told reporters: “I now believe in proof, in results. There is a will to re-engage, to move on, and to show that we are allies and friends in a complex world.” » | Pippa Crerar in New York | Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Good for Emmanuel Macron! He is the wise one: he is ‘showing better’. This is precisely the advice that my late grandmother always used to advise us to show as children!
The French are certainly our friends, even if Liz Truss doesn’t know this fact yet. The late Queen Elizabeth II knew it. Emmanuel Macron knows it too. Emmanuel Macron is indeed our friend; and a good one at that! It is to be hoped that Liz Truss will soon come to her senses. © Mark Alexander
