Macron sets out grand plan to relaunch “weak and slow” European Union
CNN- French President Emmanuel Macron has laid out a sweeping plan to relaunch the European Union, calling for greater harmonization in key policy areas and raising the prospect that the UK could rejoin a reformed bloc.
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