Biden, Macron reaffirm their partnership, support for Ukraine at joint White House press conference

U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the value of the nations' confederation amid uncertainty successful Europe implicit Russia's penetration of Ukraine — adjacent arsenic France groused astir immoderate cardinal elements of Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.

The 2 leaders spoke to reporters successful a associated property league astatine the White House aft gathering for much than 2 hours. Macron is visiting the U.S. arsenic a impermanent of Biden for the archetypal authorities meal of his presidency. Ukraine was apical of caput for the leaders who each disquieted astir Russia's bombing of civilian infrastructure arsenic wintertime approaches.

"I deliberation it's perfectly critical, what Emmanuel said: we indispensable enactment the Ukrainian people," Biden said. "The thought that Putin is ever going to decision Ukraine is beyond comprehension."

Macron said helium was grateful to person the United States arsenic a reliable state erstwhile again, stating "we've been resisting for a mates of years and present we've been capable to prosecute with you." He said helium was thankful to person the U.S. arsenic a spouse successful backing Ukraine.

"Having the U.S. powerfully enactment the Ukrainians astatine this clip is precise important not conscionable for the Ukrainians, but for the Europeans, who we are. This is wherefore we bash convey you for the solidarity, for the stableness of our satellite today," Macron said. "Because if we see that we tin wantonness the state and wantonness the afloat respect of its principles, it means determination is nary imaginable stableness successful this world."

Despite the stated beardown relationship betwixt the 2 leaders, Macron up of the bilateral gathering had expressed vexation implicit however Biden's signature legislative achievement, the Inflation Reduction Act, would impact Europe's economy.

Macron criticized the instrumentality astatine a luncheon connected Wednesday and successful a code astatine the French Embassy. European leaders, Macron said, interest the immense taxation incentives would thrust companies from Europe to the U.S. to make climate-friendly exertion specified arsenic electrical vehicles.

In the property briefing pursuing their meeting, Macron said helium felt his questions astir the authorities had been sufficiently answered and helium would instrumentality to Europe with a wide knowing of what steps needed to beryllium taken.

"We are not present simply, really, to inquire for impervious of love. We are here, we came to hold connected a strategy and clarify what was indispensable to clarify and we did," Macron said. "I'm going location assured arsenic good arsenic lucid arsenic to what has to beryllium done connected the European side, which is simply a bully thing."

Macron said adjacent if it was not Biden's volition to harm allies with the legislation, the world is it affects France. He said the 2 countries needed to "resynchonize" their policies to execute the shared clime goals.

"We volition enactment connected the method elements to marque definite that determination is nary domino effect connected the ongoing projects successful Europe," Macron said. "We privation to win together, not 1 against the other."

Biden said the 2 discussed "practical steps to coordinate and align our approaches" truthful the proviso chain, manufacturing and innovation is strengthened "on some broadside of the Atlantic." He added each person asked their squad to travel up connected this.

Asked however helium felt astir his treatment with Macron and statement connected the taxation credits, Biden simply said "I'm confident. That's my answer."

This isn't the archetypal clip policies by the Biden medication person upset the French government. France concisely pulled its ambassador to the U.S. past autumn aft Biden negotiated a submarine woody with Australia without informing France. Biden astatine the clip called the mishandled concern "clumsy" and the leaders agreed to repair their narration aft the diplomatic mishap.