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Élysée diplomats and military advisers united against Trump over Ukraine, Gaza

French President Emmanuel Macron and his US counterpart Donald Trump at a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 13 October 2025.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his US counterpart Donald Trump at a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 13 October 2025. © Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP
Pressure from the Trump administration means that the Élysée Palace's two strategic bodies focused on international affairs, diplomats on the one hand and Emmanuel Macron's military chief of staff on the other, are finally working together on issues that have long been divisive. [...]
Reading time 2 minutes Pierre Gastineau
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