French PM slams EU-US trade deal as ‘submission’ to Trump – POLITICO

PARIS — Top French officials are furious about the trade deal reached Sunday between the United States and the European Union.

Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday led a chorus of searing criticism against the agreement from across the French political spectrum, many of whom urged Brussels to wield the threat of retaliation to obtain better terms.

“It is a dark day when an alliance of free peoples, united to assert their values and defend their interests, resigns itself to submission,” Bayrou wrote on X.