Washington (CNN)
French President Emmanuel Macron is warning about a “crisis of democracies,” including in the United States, following years of “pressure” and “destabilization” efforts in an exclusive US interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper.
Asked by Tapper if he’s worried about American democracy, Macron replied, “I worry about all of us.”
“I hate lecturing people and saying, ‘I’m worried for you.’ … But I do believe that what is at stake is what we built in the 18th century,” Macron said.
The French leader warned of a global crisis of Western “liberal democracies” when asked by Tapper about the trend in nationalism, populism and racism spreading in Europe and the US.
“I think we have [a] big crisis of democracies, of what I would call liberal democracies.
Let’s be clear about that.
Why?
First, because being open societies and being open and very cooperative democracies put pressure on your people.
It could destabilize them,” Macron said.
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