Since Donald Trump's return to the White House, transatlantic relations have been put to the test. New sources of tension emerge every week: war in Ukraine, customs duties, interference in electoral processes, etc. The speech by Vice President J.D. Vance at the Munich Security Conference caused a form of shock. Could the American ally turn into an adversary?

Faced with this new challenge, will the European Union be able to form a united front, or will its member states enter into bilateral transactional logic? At this historic moment, France and Germany, traditional drivers of European integration, must find a balance between defending their national interests and promoting European solidarity.

With:

Anne-Marie Descôtes, Secretary-General of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Thomas Bagger, State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office

Discussion: 

Laurence Nardon, Responsable for the America-Program of Ifri

Chair:

Paul Maurice, Secretary General of the Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa), Ifri

At Ifri under the Chatham House rule.

Conference in French and German with simultaneous translation.