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Macron and France's renewed interest in the Mediterranean

France is making its presence felt across the Mediterranean - from the Middle East to Greece to Libya. Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins us to explain what is behind France’s renewed interest in the region and its efforts to wield power to bring order and stability to the Mediterranean. 

Read Steven Cook's latest articles on France, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Middle East here: 

Macron wants to be a Middle Eastern superpower

The end of hope in the Middle East

You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here:

Greece vows to empty Lesbos of all refugees by Easter after fire

Greece arrests five over Lesbos migrant camp blaze

Germany says it will take in refugees, easing burden on Greece

Greece wants the EU to help run its island migrant camps

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