REFILE: 'Good to have counterweights to power in democracies' - Macron on US tariff ruling

Record ID: 2343443

  • Title: REFILE: 'Good to have counterweights to power in democracies' - Macron on US tariff ruling
  • Date: 21st February 2026
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (FEBRUARY 21, 2026) (AGENCY POOL) (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SAYING: "We shouldn’t go too fast either, because I note that President Trump, after a few hours, said he had revised the measures to introduce new tariffs, but this time more limited and for everyone. So we will see. We will look exactly at the consequences, what can be d
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  • Keywords: Emmanuel Macron Farm Show France Tariffs U.S.
  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • City: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Europe,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA004733321022026RP1
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  • Story Text: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday (February 21) that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on President Donald Trump's trade tariffs shows that it is good to have counterweights to power and the rule of law in democracies.
    "It is not bad to have a Supreme Court and, therefore, the rule of law," he said at the annual agricultural salon in Paris, in response to a question about Friday's (February 20) ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under an economic emergency law were illegal.
    "It is good to have power and counterweights to power in democracies," Macron said.
    He added that France would consider the consequences of Trump's new 10% global tariff and adapt and the country wants to continue to export its products, including agricultural, luxury, fashion and aeronautical goods.
    He said that a calm mindset was needed and that the fairest rule was "reciprocity" and not to "be subjected to unilateral decisions."
    (Production: Clotaire Achi, Reim Nahaboo)
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