| 来源类型 | Article
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| 规范类型 | 评论
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| Why France feels (relatively) comfortable with Trump’s America |
| Paul Zajac
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| 发表日期 | 2018-04-24
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| 出版年 | 2018
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | To the surprise of many observers who see Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump as polar opposites, Franco-American relations have come a long way since the days of Freedom Fries more than a decade ago.
Since Macron’s election, the Élysée has been able to deal with Trump’s White House in a more relaxed way than other close U.S. allies have managed. While German Chancellor Angela Merkel enjoyed an excellent personal relationship with former President Barack Obama, she now faces unrelenting criticism for maintaining a trade surplus and not spending enough on defense. As for the United Kingdom, even though British Prime Minister Theresa May came to Washington soon after the election in the hope of reasserting the privileged status of the UK in the eyes of the Trump administration, the current relationship seems to fall short of the support needed by London in the context of Brexit.
Why have Germany and the UK found themselves thrown so badly off-balance by the insurgent Trump Administration while France has been relatively unmoved? The answer lies in history.
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Since the end of World War II and the establishment of Germany’s Basic Law (or Constitution) which was based on American recommendations known as the Frankfurt Documents, the Federal Republic of Germany has deemed its relationship with Washington as crucial to its existence, and its own legitimacy as anchored in values shared with the U.S. The perception that the U.S. President might appear to be putting this relationship into question has hit the Germans at the core of their self-understanding. The end result has been some serious soul-searching, best exemplified by the manifesto (“In Spite of it All, America”) penned by leading German foreign policy specialists in October of last year. |
| 主题 | Foreign and Defense Policy
; Europe and Eurasia
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| 标签 | Donald Trump
; Emmanuel Macron
; European Union (EU)
; France
; US-European relations
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| URL | https://www.aei.org/articles/why-france-feels-relatively-comfortable-with-trumps-america/
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| 来源智库 | American Enterprise Institute (United States)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/263988
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