Paris Perspective #20: Franco-US fallout and the Biden dilemma - William Jordan

Name: Paris Perspective #20: Franco-US fallout and the Biden dilemma - William Jordan
Uploaded: 2021-11-29T14:27:40+00:00

Issued on: 29/11/2021 - 15:32Modified: 29/11/2021 - 15:37

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and his US counterpart Joe Biden attend a bilateral meeting at the French Embassy at the Vatican on October 29, 2021 in Rome. © Reuters

When Joe Biden was sworn-in as the 46th US president, Western democracies expected a swift normalisation of relations with Washington, following four years of petulance and vitriol from the Trump administration. RFI's David Coffey speaks to former US diplomat William Jordan about why the hopes of a Franco-US honeymoon were quickly extinguished and how trans-Atlantic relations are looking one year after Biden's victory.