Faced with Moscow and American unpredictability, Paris and Warsaw tighten the ranks – Liberation

To underline the rapprochement between France and Poland, Paris has not skimped on the symbols. On this May 9, Europe day, Emmanuel Macron and the Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, met in Nancy, a host city of Stanislas Leszczynski, former King of Poland in France in the 18th century, to sign a « Treaty of reinforced friendship and cooperation ». The objective, indicates the Elysée, is to « Consecrate a European relationship that has become particularly dense » and « Strengthen the bilateral partnership in terms of security, defense, infrastructure and energy ».

In a particularly disturbed European contextboth by the war in Ukraine and the American threats to disengage the continent, the key disposition of the treaty is military. “For me, the most important question is that of mutual security guarantees. This mutual support clause in the event of assault against one of our countries is the essence of this treaty ”, underlined Donald Tusk before flying to Nancy.

For Poland, a long time very Atlanticist, the interest in European defense provisions marks a form of reversal. « The previous executive (led by the conservative nationalists of law and justice, editor’s note) estimated that the base of