Emmanuel Macron on Global Instability and Shifting World Order at Davos

Global Instability and Shifting Power Dynamics

• ⚠️ The world is entering a period of unstability, unbalances, and unpredictability, marked by a shift towards autocracy over democracy.
• 🌍 There are more than 60 wars in 2024, with conflict expanding into new domains like digital, cyber, and information spaces.
• ⚖️ International law is being disregarded, leading to a world governed by the law of the strongest and resurfacing imperial ambitions.
• 🌍 Conflicts persist in the Middle East and across Africa, highlighting a lack of effective collective governance.

Challenges to Collective Governance

• 📉 Without collective governance, cooperation is replaced by relentless competition.
• 🇺🇸 The United States is engaging in trade practices that undermine European export interests, demanding concessions and aiming to weaken Europe.
• 📈 The imposition of new tariffs is seen as unacceptable, especially when used as leverage against territorial sovereignty.