"Today is about preventing the world from becoming a den of bandits," said the German President

ArmInfo. "The United States has the right to reconsider its ties with European allies, but Europe also has the right to say 'no' to its 'historical ally.'" French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot made this statement.

Speaking to French diplomats, Barrot declared that the world that had recovered from the last two world wars was "left behind us," and now Europe's future "was in question." In this regard, he mentioned the policies of the new White House administration.

"In just a few months, the new American administration has decided, and it is its right, to rethink the ties that unite us. It is also our right to say 'no' to a historical ally, no matter how historic, when their proposal is unacceptable," he said.

Even more forceful statements came from Germany today, also at the highest level. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called the United States "robbers who unscrupulously take what they want," while "turning the world into a den of robbers."

Steinmeier acknowledged Europe's values ​​gap with its "most important partner" and declared that democracy is facing an "epochal turning point." "Today, it's about preventing the world from becoming a den of robbers," the German president emphasized.

"And here we are truly confronted with a values ​​gap on the part of our most important partner—the United States, which itself participated in the creation of the order I spoke of and decisively shaped it for decades.

I am convinced that democracy is today under attack and threatened—both from within and from without—on a scale never before seen.

"What we are witnessing now, and to which Stoltenberg referred, represents, in my deep conviction, something like a double, epochal turning point," the German President stated.

In his opinion, "we have already passed the stage where we are only talking about symptoms."

"Today, we see a clear lack of respect for international law and the erosion of the international system itself. Under these conditions, the main task is to prevent the world from turning into a den of robbers, where the most unscrupulous take whatever they want," Frank-Walter Steinmeier stated. Recall that these statements were made after the US operation in Venezuela.