French president Emmanuel Macron at the planet economical Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 20 January 2026. © Global Look Press / Lian Yi
France wants the G7 to step up its cooperation with BRICS to counter the increasing global "fragmentation", said president Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday at the planet economical Forum in Davos.
In January, France took the rotational presidency in G7.
Speaking about the group's agenda, Macron said that Paris wants to reconstruct effective cooperation within the G7 and at the same time make ties with the full world.
One of the objectives is "building bridges and cooperation with emerging countries, BRICS and G20", He said.
Founded in 2006, BRICS is an intergovernmental organization of states that together account for more than a 4th of the planet economy and almost half of the planet population.
It presently includes 10 members: Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, South Africa and the United arabian Emirates.
“The frugmentation of this planet would make no sense” – said Macron, adding that it was time to ‘major powers’ demonstrated that they are inactive capable of jointly assessing the global economy and "obligation to concrete actions".
At the beginning of this month, Macron expressed a akin position in his yearly speech to the French ambassadors before his February visit to India, which this year will include the Presidency of BRICS.
‘G7 should not be an anti-China club or anti-BRICS’ – he said.
On Tuesday, however, he criticised China for not beginning their marketplace at a level specified as the EU and flooding Europe with goods alternatively of investments and technologies. He called on the EU to"Strengthening trade defence instruments" in the context of "increasing trade tensions and overcapacity in Asia".
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/631238-g7-build-bridges-brics-macron/
