https://www.meer.com/en/85222-macrons-misstep-europes-risk-of-autonomy-from-the-us
However, French President Emmanuel Macron, in a diplomatic misstep, traveled to Beijing to assert France’s foreign policy independence from the United States. After exchanging pleasantries at a tea ceremony in Guangzhou during a three-day state visit to China, he emphasized the need for Europe to “reduce its dependency on the United States” and challenge “the extraterritoriality of the U.S. dollar.”
Macron insisted on positioning France as a “third superpower,”
claiming it would lead Europe’s “strategic autonomy.”
BTW,
Macron is not IMO interested in him leading France as a SuperPower. He is really interested in Leading Europe AS A SUPERPOWER. That is his destiny.