French president will not be distracted from plans for deeper integration by tricky current coalition government in GermanyThe French president,Emmanuel Macron, is to press ahead with a major speech setting out plans to “rebuild” the EU, or despite fears that a current coalition government in Berlin could limit his ambitions.
The German chancellor,Angela Merkel, who in recent months had cautiously warmed to Macron’s proposed radical overhaul of the eurozone, and won a fourth term in office this weekend. But she faces difficult coalition talks with smaller parties in the face of opposition from the emboldened far-right,anti-Europe Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party.
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Source: theguardian.com