French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said the European Union should not bend to “the law of the strongest” and that it was staggering the bloc was having to contemplate using its “anti-coercion instrument” against the United States. “We do believe that we need more growth, we need more stability in this world, but we do prefer respect to bullies,” Macron told the World Economic Forum in Davos, speaking in English. “We do prefer science to (conspiracies) and we do prefer rule of law to brutality.” For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Read more:EU vows ‘unflinching’ response to Trump’s threats over Greenland