French President Emmanuel Macron issued an urgent warning to world leaders attending the 2026 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting that "international law is trampled underfoot." "Imperial ambitions are resurfacing," he went on, with the U.S. imposing coercive measures that "openly aim to weaken and subordinate Europe." He concluded with a rallying cry, "Let's not accept a global order which will be decided by those who claim to have the bigger voice or the bigger stick or the bigger one."