Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel agree, but there are still obstacles to giving the eurozone a budget of its own.
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Emmanuel Macron
The president is changing France — and fast. No wonder he is making enemies.
The Frenchman is the hope of cosmopolitan Europe. The Italian has emerged as its leading nationalist.
The German chancellor meets many of the French president’s demands. Other countries may not be so eager.
Seventy years of deferring to American leadership has left Europe incapable of getting tough.
The French president rejects hegemony in Asia. Italy’s Five Star Movement calls for new elections.
The Dutch prime minister is censured, but not sent home. Small-town Americans are taking matters into their own hands.
Emmanuel Macron leverages his relationship with Donald Trump to elevate France on the world stage.
Emmanuel Macron is unlikely to convince his American counterpart to stay in the Iran nuclear deal or return to the Paris climate accord.
Germany would expand the Eurogroup in order to promote economic reforms. That is not what Emmanuel Macron wants.