The freshly inaugurated French President embarked on an
ambitious agenda on his first full day in office -- naming a prime minister and
then heading off to Germany on his first foreign visit.
Emmanuel Macron was welcomed with military honors by German
Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin Monday afternoon.
At a news conference, the two leaders made it clear that the
French-German relationship was crucial to the European Union.
"I'm delighted that together, we will be able to work
on a common shared road map for the European Union and the Eurozone,"
Macron said. "... I hope very much in the weeks to come, we will be able
to devise a common shared road map between France and Germany... We need more trust,
much more trust and more specifically, results."
The German chancellor said the two countries need each other
for the EU to be healthy.
"Today, we talked about three areas and we will
continue doing so later," Merkel said. "Firstly, the current European
political topics and about the directives the European asylum system, and also,
questions of trade relations. It's all connected with job creation."
The Deputy Editor of the Paris Match said Macron's early
visit to Berlin strengthens the close relations between Germany and France, the
traditional pillars of the European Union.
"Going to Berlin was a smart choice because
that is what he said during the campaign," Regis Le Sommier told CNN's
Christiane Amanpour. "He's a pro-European, and there were not many
candidates that were for more Europe... It comes at a critical time because the
leadership of Germany is in danger in Europe. And there is danger on the
currency Euro as well, everything is really fragile right now especially after
Brexit."Source:CNN
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