by Chris Black
Macron is something of a wildcard, and I can bet that the banker elite regret installing Macron to keep Marine Le Pen out.
For whatever reason, Macron is more independent.
Or maybe he’s just nuts.
RT:
France has requested an invitation to the BRICS summit scheduled for August in South Africa, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has announced. Should it be granted permission, France would be the first G7 country to attend a summit held by the bloc.
Colonna revealed that she had informed Pretoria of French President Emmanuel Macron’s “interest” in attending the conference as an observer.
“I informed my counterpart… of the president’s availability and interest in pursuing dialogue that France maintains with the BRICS,” Colonna said at a press conference in Pretoria on Tuesday after a meeting with her South African counterpart, Naledi Pandor, according to AFP.
The 15th summit of the BRICS group of large emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – will be held in Johannesburg from August 22 to 24.
Macron’s relations with BRICS member Russia are particularly strained. The French president has accused Moscow of spreading anti-French propaganda in African countries, where Paris has lost influence in recent years.