Or is it going this way?
Are France and Germany supporting the USA and Israel in their attack on Iran?
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Macron delivered the address to the nation at 8pm.
Tonight, the French President said in televised address to the nation that he has ordered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, its air assets, and its frigate escort to set sail for the Mediterranean "following the situation in the Middle East".
He had warned that a widening war between the United States, Israel and Iran risks spilling over to Europe's borders.
He had already said on Sunday, during a meeting of France's defence council, that France would raise its defence posture in the Middle East to protect "its nationals and bases there", and to "support countries in the region targeted by Iran", in retaliation for the Israeli-US strikes.
"Faced with this unstable situation and the uncertainties of the coming days, I have ordered the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, its air assets, and its frigate escort to set sail for the Mediterranean," he said.
He also aknowledged that France shot down drones 'in self-defence' early in the Iran war.
"We reacted immediately and shot down drones in self-defence in the early hours of the conflict to defend the airspace of our allies, who know they can count on us," Macron said, referring to defence agreements with Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
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Meanwhile, in Washington DC, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz backed the aims of the US-Israeli war on Iran this Tuesday, as he visited the White House.
"This is, of course, damaging our economies. This is true for the oil prices, and this is true for the gas prices as well," Merz told reporters in the Oval Office as he met Trump.
He did call for its early end, voicing fear for the global economy... But didn't condemn the attacks, quite the opposite.
Merz, who has been among Europe's more "hawkish voices on Iran", according to news agencies and experts, became the first foreign leader to see Trump after the United States and Israel began bombing Iran early morning on Saturday.
Merz had criticized Iran's ruling clerics sharply over their deadly crackdown on protests in January, and said that he and Trump "are on the same page in terms of getting this terrible regime in Tehran away."
He only underlined that economic worries on oild are "the reason why we all hope that this war will come to an end as soon as possible"...
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No need to say, the journalism student I was in 2003 when we demonstrated against Bush, the war in Iraq and the violations against international law, is totally appalled already...
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More later...
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