Seven years after his first speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris (see EUROPE B11870A1), French President Emmanuel Macron outlined, on Thursday 25 April, a new vision for the European Union ahead of the European elections to be held between 6 and 9 June.
The President followed on from his speech in September 2017, in which he had pointed to “nationalism, identitarianism, protectionism and sovereignism as a retreat” as the main threats to the Union.
At the time, he wanted to rebuild...