Addressing the British Parliament on 8 July as part of a state visit, French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed the two countries’ commitment to Ukraine’s security and called for a ceasefire in the ‘war without end and without a strategic objective’ in Gaza. He further warned about the UK and France’s ‘excessive dependencies’ on the US and China, calling for de-risking of their economies and societies and criticising the ‘trade war’ as a violation of WTO norms. Macron’s state visit marks the first by a European leader since Brexit.