The possible return of Donald Trump to the White House represents an existential threat to European security that can only be resolved if Britain becomes a clear defence partner with the rest of Europe, one of Emmanuel Macron’s close party allies has said.
Benjamin Haddad, a former head of the Atlantic Council Europe programme and one of those closest to French foreign policy thinking, has long argued that fundamental changes in US politics symbolised by Trump’s popularity require European defence to become more autonomous from the US.
