FRANCE PERSPECTIVE

Paris reads the Starmer-Trump rupture as a validation of the French thesis on European strategic autonomy. Le Monde covers two complementary angles: Starmer's reaffirmation that NATO is 'in America's interest' — more of a sales pitch than a conviction — and an in-depth analysis of British military weaknesses exposed by the war. France, the EU's only military nuclear power since Brexit, sees in Starmer's pivot the confirmation of what Paris has said since de Gaulle: European dependence on Washington is a trap.