France's Macron warns against 'survival of the fittest' in world affairs | International

Macron also mounted a defense of the current international order after President Donald Trump savaged the United Nations in a speech to the organization's General Assembly. "That is the major risk of our time... a risk of seeing the survival of the fittest. It is the risk of seeing the selfishness of a few prevail," he said. "The world's complexity is not a reason to throw in the towel on our principles and our ambitions. To a certain extent, ours is a moment of paradox. We need more than ever before to restore the spirit of cooperation that prevailed 80 years ago." He said that the UN's "harshest critics are also those that want to change the rule of the...