# Macron in Britain as Europe scrambles to strengthen its defences

https://mins.news/en/video/42783

- France 24 English, 2026-09-02 22:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8YVOuO5De4

> French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting Britain as Europe races to bolster its defence capabilities. His trip coincides with the first cross-Channel exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered cloth chronicling the Norman Conquest of England and a major turning point in European history.

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