MOSCOW, April 11. /TASS/. US intelligence leaks raise the classic question of cui bono ? Or, who benefits from them?; Europe is seeking a safe space between the US and China; and Belarus requests more robust security guarantees from Moscow. These stories topped Tuesday’s newspaper headlines across Russia.French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks about his unwillingness to get involved in others’ conflicts drew a negative reaction from the US establishment but won praise from Beijing. After returning from a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the French leader emphasized that the Europeans were not interested in forcing a solution to the issue of Taiwan and highlighted the need for Europe to gain strategic autonomy, Vedomosti writes. Some themes reminiscent of Charles de Gaulle can be heard in Macron’s statements as far as relations with the US go, which include in particular his remark about strategic autonomy and the refusal to be drawn into more conflicts at the urging of the United States. Here, one can recall the Cold War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq, said Ivan Timofeev, head of the sector for European political studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of World Economy and International Relations. In reality, however, no anti Atlanticist rebellion is in the works, the expert stressed. Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Foundation for United States Studies Yury Rogulev is of the same opinion. He points out that France actually shapes its foreign policy course closely in line with that of Washington, as can be seen from Paris’ behavior towards the Ukrainian crisis and its participation in weapons supplies to Kiev. Macron is only simulating opposition, Rogulev noted. However, in terms of trade, European economies depend on China more than on the US, on whom they depend politically, the expert emphasized. The escalation of US China tensions over Taiwan has a negative effect first and foremost on the EU. This is clear to Macron, which is why he took the European captains of industry to China with him, but only Airbus managed to sign contracts, worth 300 bln euros, Rogulev added. Paris keeps maneuvering and continues to adjust its Europe policy and its place in the conflict between Beijing and Washington on the Taiwan issue in order to find the safest position, Timofeev concluded.

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MOSCOW, April 11. /TASS/. US intelligence leaks raise the classic question of cui bono ? Or, who benefits from them?; Europe is seeking a safe space between the US and China; and Belarus requests more robust security guarantees from Moscow. These stories topped Tuesday’s newspaper headlines across Russia.French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks about his unwillingness to get involved in others’ conflicts drew a negative reaction from the US establishment but won praise from Beijing. After returning from a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the French leader emphasized that the Europeans were not interested in forcing a solution to the issue of Taiwan and highlighted the need for Europe to gain strategic autonomy, Vedomosti writes. Some themes reminiscent of Charles de Gaulle can be heard in Macron’s statements as far as relations with the US go, which include in particular his remark about strategic autonomy and the refusal to be drawn into more conflicts at the urging of the United States. Here, one can recall the Cold War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq, said Ivan Timofeev, head of the sector for European political studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of World Economy and International Relations. In reality, however, no anti Atlanticist rebellion is in the works, the expert stressed. Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Foundation for United States Studies Yury Rogulev is of the same opinion. He points out that France actually shapes its foreign policy course closely in line with that of Washington, as can be seen from Paris’ behavior towards the Ukrainian crisis and its participation in weapons supplies to Kiev. Macron is only simulating opposition, Rogulev noted. However, in terms of trade, European economies depend on China more than on the US, on whom they depend politically, the expert emphasized. The escalation of US China tensions over Taiwan has a negative effect first and foremost on the EU. This is clear to Macron, which is why he took the European captains of industry to China with him, but only Airbus managed to sign contracts, worth 300 bln euros, Rogulev added. Paris keeps maneuvering and continues to adjust its Europe policy and its place in the conflict between Beijing and Washington on the Taiwan issue in order to find the safest position, Timofeev concluded.