(22 Jan 2025)
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Paris – 22 January 2025
1. French President Emmanuel Macron greeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
2. SOUNDBITE (German) Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor:
“(US) President (Donald) Trump will – this much is already clear now – be a challenge. A long history of friendship and partnership connects Europe and the United States. We will build on this stable foundation.”
3. Scholz and Macron during news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Emmanuel Macron, French President:
"After the new administration in the United States has taken office, it is more than ever up to Europeans, and therefore to our two countries, to play their full part in consolidating a united, strong and sovereign Europe – a Europe attached to the transatlantic link, and also knows how to assert its own interests and defend them with its European values and instruments. The priority of Europeans must today be even more for our Europe and first and foremost for our competitiveness, our prosperity and our security, to also strengthen our democracies and preserve our economic and social model.”
5. Mid of Scholz and Macron
STORYLINE:
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday said the presidency of Donald Trump would "be a challenge" but stressed he wanted to build on the foundations of the "stable" relationship between America and Europe.
He spoke alongside President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to Paris where the French leader stated it was "more than ever" up to Europe to put itself first.
"After the new administration in the United States has taken office, it is more than ever up to Europeans, and therefore to our two countries, to play their full part in consolidating a united, strong and sovereign Europe – a Europe attached to the transatlantic link, and also knows how to assert its own interests and defend them with its European values and instruments," Macron said.
"The priority of Europeans must today be even more for our Europe and first and foremost for our competitiveness, our prosperity and our security, to also strengthen our democracies and preserve our economic and social model,” he added.
Macron and Scholz were expected to discuss a wide range of issues during their bilateral meeting in the French capital, including Ukraine, the Middle East, and the relationship with the United States.
“President Trump will – this much is already clear now – be a challenge," Scholz said.
"A long history of friendship and partnership connects Europe and the United States. We will build on this stable foundation."
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