Emmanuel Macron calls for the creation of a "real European army" to protect against the United States, China and Russia

French President Emmanuel Macron called for the creation of a "real European army" to protect the continent from Russia, China and the United States.

"We must protect ourselves against China, Russia and even the United States," Macron told Europe 1 radio on Tuesday, Agence France Presse reported.

Referring to the recent decisions of President Donald Trump, the 40-year-old French leader warned that European security was under threat.

"When I see President Trump announcing that he is giving up an important disarmament treaty, born after the Euro missile crisis that hit Europe in 1980, who is the main victim?", A-t -he asks. "Europe and its security". The French president concluded that Europe needed a unified army to "protect" itself.

French President Emmanuel Macron examines the French naval personnel on his arrival aboard the French class Mistral aircraft carrier and the Dixmude helicopter carrier to attend a ceremony to present his wishes to the French Navy. armed forces at the naval base of Toulon in Toulon, in the south of France, on January 19th. CLAUDE PARIS / AFP / Getty Images

Macron has already expressed his view that Europe should coordinate military actions, reported the BBC. German Chancellor Angela Merkel also backed such a plan, declaring in June that it would be part of the "Defense Cooperation Structure".

"It is up to us to guarantee European security," Macron said in a speech in August, adding that the continent could no longer count on US protection.

"The appeal of President Macron to a greater European effort in the field of defense stems from two factors," said Jonathan Marcus, BBC's defense correspondent, "his support for the wider European project, but also the horror that many Trump administration is causing the other, with the overthrow of treaties, etc. "

Although Macron, who took office in May 2017 just months after Trump, initially seemed to have positive relations with the US president, they have since publicly disputed over many issues such as the Paris climate agreements, commercial tariffs and the Iranian nuclear deal. . Last month, the French president stressed the importance of the Cold War Interim Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in a direct discussion with Trump, after the White House announced its intention to withdraw of the agreement reached several decades ago.

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Donald Trump meet at the start of the first G20 working session in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7, 2017. JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP / Getty Images

Despite the warnings and concerns of the French president, he will host on November 11 in Paris the one hundred and twenty years of the end of the First World War, the Russian President and Russian President Vladimir Putin. End of October, Trump described the upcoming trip as "very exciting" in a tweet, and said that he had just spoken to the French president to discuss the celebration.

However, Trump also described the European Union as an "enemy" last summer. When he was asked about the world powers, he perceived as a threat to the United States, the president first mentioned the long-standing allies of the United States, before also designating Russia and China.

"Well, I think we have a lot of enemies. I think the European Union is an enemy, what they do to us in trade, "he said. "Now you would not think of the European Union, but they are an enemy."