Macron and Verhofstadt in NEW EUROPE PLOT: Pair to Meet Over Future of EU
- Macron and Verhofstadt in NEW EUROPE PLOT: Pair to Meet Over Future of EU
by CHLOE KERR, https://www.express.co.uk/
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron is to meet with Guy Verhofstadt just days after the Belgian MEP called for a “new, dynamic, centralist Europe”.
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The two men will discuss Mr Macron’s speech at the upcoming plenary session in Strasbourg next week. The French PM will be discussing the “future of Europe” amid his plans to further integrate the EU, reform the election system and introduce a eurozone finance minister.
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Last year, the French President set out his desire for a common budget, a finance minister, coordination on issues like tax and a parliament for the 19 members of the eurozone. The French president has said that 2018 will be “decisive” for Europe as he pushes forward plans for EU integration.
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Mr Verhofstadt, who is the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group addressed Mr Macron’s En Marche’s event in Brussels last week in a bid to forge closer ties with the president’s group. He said: “If we want to change Europe, it is time for a new dynamic, new energy and a strong European centrist movement that has the courage to break the status quo and move Europe forward.
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“For too long the unholy alliance between the EPP and the S&D have blocked progress. “It is up to us now to give Europe a new purpose and show people that Europe is worth fighting for.”
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