According to La Tribune Dimanche, which reached a copy of a message sent by the French president to the White House chief, in which he asked him to reconsider his decision, which includes a travel ban to the United States.

Macron reportedly described Trump’s sanctions against Breton as unjust. Breton has been targeted by Washington for his role as Commissioner for the Internal Market in regulating the European digital sector in the face of US tech giants. Guillou has also been sanctioned for the ICC’s decision to prosecute war crimes committed by Israel in Palestine.

Macron also wrote that the measures affect European regulatory autonomy and are based on flawed analysis.

Trump is resorting to sanctions as part of his pressure tactics to subdue those who oppose Washington’s interests, a policy spearheaded by the tariff crusade.

Relations between Macron and his American counterpart have been tense since the real estate mogul’s first term, with the most recent episodes related to the war in Ukraine and Trump’s creation of a Peace Council, which many in Paris have interpreted as an attempt to create a parallel UN subservient to the White House.

jdt/arm/mem/wmr