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

Jean-Émile Jammine welcomes Susanne Koelbl, Der Spiegel’s award-winning foreign correspondent. Koelbl says Emmanuel Macron’s reception of 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. Macron therefore sought to position France as an independent, balanced power between the Mediterranean and the Gulf.