Le Drian: US, France to Rebuild New Transatlantic Relationship

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday that the United States and the European Union should build a new transatlantic relationship after the U.S. Elections regardless of the winner.

“We will now have to rebuild a new transatlantic relationship, which is a new partnership,” Le Drian said. “We have a long history with the United States, common values, common victories, common fights.”

“We must continue them, even if we have had major differences for four years. That only prevents in the fight against terrorism, we are together, on the rule of law we are together.”

Le Drian refused to take a position in favor of Democratic candidate Joe Biden or the US President Donald Trump, stating that the choice belongs to the Americans.

“We don’t have to take a stand for one. The choice of a president is up to the Americans,” he confirmed. “Then we will have to work with the elected personality and with the new American government, no matter what is coming.”

“We will not return to the status prevailed before, to a kind of good old days in the transatlantic relationship,” he warned. “The world has moved in four years.”

"Europe has emerged from its novelty, and is trying to become a power unto itself instead of relying on U.S. Support,” the French Foreign Minister said. “He described the US election as "a historic vote, in terms of the tension and the size of the turnout."

The French Foreign Minister had a good sense would prevail in the U.S. Election, “I have faith in U.S. Institutions validating the results of the election.”