Macron meets Merkel before Germany takes over EU presidency

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Six weeks ago, it was through interposed screens that they proposed an unprecedented recovery plan for the coronavirus crisis. Emmanuel Macron is going to Germany on Monday June 29 to meet Angela Merkel there just before the German Presidency of the European Union which begins on July 1 for 6 months.

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They are both on the move and still want to show it. Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron meet this Monday in Meseberg, a baroque castle 70 kilometers from Berlin.

In this government residence, the two partners had taken a first small step on budgetary solidarity two years ago. The principle of a convergence budget for the euro area.

For her last presidency of the European Union, Angela Merkel says and repeats that she will not be a candidate for the chancellery next year. She thinks of her legacy: haloed by her management of the crisis, ultra popular in the polls, the Chancellor puts all her weight in the balance to make adopt the European recovery plan  : conditions for the 500 billion euros of subsidies, start debt repayment ...

Today the Élysée wants to believe it: all the ingredients are there for an agreement. This meeting should make it possible to establish a battle plan to convince the most reluctant.

► Also to listen  : Guest speaker: Thierry Breton: "the European super commissioner"

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• Emmanuel Macron
• Angela Merkel
• European Union
• Germany
• France

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