Emmanuel Macron, “Friend or Foe”? Liz Truss, the favorite in the UK prime minister race, declined to comment on Thursday, saying she would judge the French president. “In his works”. Liz Truss, speaking at the Conservative Party’s election meeting in Norwich (south-east) in the evening, however made it clear that she preferred French nuclear technology to China. One who is still her country’s top diplomat in a government dealing with current affairs, is looking to succeed Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street, who resigned in July.

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For this, a majority vote of about 200,000 conservative activists must be collected. Elections are held and the results will be known on September 5. Although the two candidates did not debate directly, they are up against former finance minister Rishi Sunak, who appeared in Norwich on Thursday evening. Rishi Sunak, who is trailing his rival by 30 points according to the latest poll, did not hesitate when asked by the journalist hosting the evening. “Macron, friend or foe?”Choosing the first option.

Conversely, when Liz asked Truss the same question, she answered “The Jury’s Still Out”Makes the room laugh. “If I become the Prime Minister, I will judge him by his actions and not by his words”, she added, without elaborating on the reasons for this apparent mistrust. A number of litigation files exist between France and the United Kingdom, particularly over the management of files post-Brexit, whether in fisheries or Northern Ireland.

The two NATO allies have had different approaches to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the French president defending the need for open dialogue with the Kremlin while Boris Johnson took a very hard line against Vladimir Putin. Relations between Paris and London were invited back into the conversation a few minutes later, on the United Kingdom’s energy independence, with prices skyrocketing as a result of the explosion in gas prices. The country must build new nuclear power plants, Lis Truss argued, lamenting the loss of expertise in the field. To do this, “If the choice depends on France or China, I will choose France”, She launched, and clapped again.