A call by French President Emmanuel Macron for reforms of the European Union to ...
BRUSSELS - A call by French President Emmanuel Macron for reforms of the European Union to pave the way to a “European renaissance” won mainly just polite support on Tuesday from other EU leaders.
His proposals, unveiled in an open letter to citizens of Europe that was published in newspapers across the EU, are to protect and defend Europe’s citizens while giving the 28-nation bloc new impetus in the face of global competition. The importance of Berlin’s backing for any change in the EU, or lack of it, has become clear since Macron’s vision of deeper integration among the 19 countries that use the euro currency failed to materialize after 18 months of EU talks.
However, Macron's proposals failed to impress Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, who described them as"totally divorced from reality", according to Czech news website“I have noticed that when France says ‘more of Europe’, she in fact means more of France. But that is not the way. We are all equals in Europe,” he was quoted as saying.
More surprising was support from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, usually a strong critic of the EU.
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