Emmanuel Macron will have to manage a new partner across the Atlantic in a few months. After Donald Trump between 2017 and 2021 then Joe Biden between 2021 and 2024, the head of state now knows that his counterpart, who has decided not to run for a second term, will leave office in January 2025. If voters Americans will decide next November whether the Republican billionaire or a Democratic candidate will succeed Barack Obama's former vice-president, Emmanuel Macron is already drawing an initial assessment of their relationship.
In a letter addressed this Monday to Joe Biden, and published in full on the withdraw from the electoral battle. Re-elected in April 2022, he measures the seriousness of this moment for him, his loved ones, and the entire American people. But also in turn the courage, the spirit of responsibility, and the sense of duty which led to this decision. The friendship of the Macrons to the Biden couple Looking back on the three years that have just passed, Emmanuel Macron also assures him of his friendship and thanks him for his unfailing commitment which he has always demonstrated to strengthen the Franco-American relationship.
And to cite the major moments of their relationship: the numerous state visits, the Washington summit in July 2024 aimed at reaffirming the importance of the unity of the alliance in the face of Russian aggression, or even the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. The opportunity for the President of the Republic to form a wish: that this spirit of partnership between the two shores of the Atlantic continues to animate the historic relations between our two countries.
