from Germany, Emmanuel Macron calls for a doubling of the community budget and new trade rules

Emmanuel Macron unfolds his vision of Europe. Faced with an audience of young Europeans gathered in Dresden, in eastern Germany, the French president called on the European Union to “get out of naivety” And “protect yourself better” on a commercial level, by building “a European preference” in some areas. During this stage of his state visit, this French leader also called for “double” the EU budget.

“Europe is the last place where we are open to the rest of the world without European preferences and without rules”lamented the French head of state during his speech, calling for a review of trade rules in the face of competition from China and the United States.“We need to have a European strategy which builds a European preference in terms of defense, in terms of space, which builds a European purchasing strategy and which allows for commercial rules” guaranteeing “fair competition”he argued.

Three weeks before the European elections, scheduled for June 6 to 9, Emmanuel Macron also described the rise of the far right as “bad wind” Who “breath in Europe”. He called to “wake” to defend democracy less than two weeks before the European elections.“Let’s look around us at the fascination with authoritarian regimes, let’s look around us at the illiberal moment we are experiencing”did he declare.