Overview
- Macron, speaking in Athens on Friday, said the U.S., Russia and China are “dead against” Europe and warned that doubt over NATO’s Article 5 weakens the alliance.
- A renewed France–Greece security pact was signed Saturday with a binding mutual‑assistance clause that Macron called “inviolable.”
- Macron said Europe’s defense push is meant to reinforce NATO rather than replace it, and he urged countries to buy more European‑made equipment to sustain that effort.
- Transatlantic strains from the Iran war framed the backdrop, with reports of White House anger at allies that refused basing or participation and leaked ideas in Washington for post‑war responses.
- UK‑ and France‑led planning to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz is under way, and Macron said Europe’s fuel supply remains under control as work to secure the waterway continues.