France Calls on Europe to Ditch U.S Dollar, Seek ‘Strategic Autonomy’

France has called on fellow European nations to seek “strategic autonomy” by ditching the U.S. dollar and reducing reliance on the United States.

The call for de-dollarizing came after French President Emmanuel Macron met with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping during a three-day official state visit to China.

According to Politico, Macron held a six-hour-long meeting with Xi before making the call to ditch the dollar.

Macron made it extremely clear that France wants nothing to do with WWIII as the nation seeks to build relations with China.

Instead, the French leader emphasizes that Europe must employ “strategic autonomy,” presumably led by France, to become a “third superpower,” according to Politico.

Macron issued the call to action while speaking with reporters aboard COTAM Unité, France’s Air Force One.

The French president said that the “great risk” facing Europe right now is that it “gets caught up in crises that are not ours, which prevents it from building its strategic autonomy.”

This isn’t the first time Macron has suggested reducing dependence on the U.S., however.

As Slay News reported at the time, Macron called for a “single global order” in November while discussing the power interests of Russia and China and the threat of war.

“We are in a jungle and we have two big elephants trying to become more and more nervous,” he said.

“If they become very nervous and start a war, it will be a big problem for the rest of the jungle.

“You need the cooperation of a lot of other animals, tigers, monkeys, and so on.”

Meanwhile, Macron’s concept of strategic autonomy has been “enthusiastically endorsed” by Xi and the CCP.

The Chinese regime has been focusing on the notion that the West is in decline while China rises.

China beleives that weakening the transatlantic relationship will accelerate this trend.

“The paradox would be that, overcome with panic, we believe we are just America’s followers,” said Macron.

“The question Europeans need to answer … is it in our interest to accelerate [a crisis] on Taiwan? No.

“The worse thing would be to think that we Europeans must become followers on this topic and take our cue from the U.S. agenda and a Chinese overreaction.”

Shortly after Macron met with Xi, China ramped up military intimidation efforts against Taiwan.

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