WorldMBS in the City of Light: Does the West Put Economic Interests Above Values?

Jean-Emile Jammine welcomes Susanne Koelbl, Der Spiegel’s award-winning foreign correspondent. Koelbl says Emmanuel Macron’s welcome for Mohammed bin Salman at the Élysée embodies realpolitik: Saudi Arabia had become too important to isolate permanently because of its role in energy, regional security, investment and Middle East diplomacy.

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