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

https://mins.news/en/item/30783

- France 24, 2026-08-24 16:26 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/mbs-in-the-city-of-light-in-a-world-of-realpolitik-does-west-value-economic-interests-over-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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