France must stand firm in face of ‘new world disorder’ embodied by Musk, says PM

François Bayrou said ‘a new world disorder’ was a threat to ‘all equilibrium and all rules of defence’. Photograph: Teresa Suárez/EPA

The French prime minister has said the country must stand firm in the face of figures such as Elon Musk, who represents a “new world disorder”.

In his first policy speech to parliament on Tuesday, François Bayrou, a veteran centrist, said there was “a new world disorder, that threatens all equilibrium and all rules of defence. There are a certain number of people who embody this without complex, such as Elon Musk.”