{"id":2000,"date":"2018-11-19T18:12:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T18:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euromenaenergy.com\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2018-11-19T18:12:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T18:12:13","slug":"macron-issues-call-for-a-new-era-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/?p=2000","title":{"rendered":"Macron issues call for a \u2018new era\u2019 in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subtitel col-lg-12\">\n<p>PA\/Reuters\/Berlin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented a united front in the face of multiple challenges for Europe as the French leader visited Berlin yesterday.<br \/>\n\u201cToday we must begin a new era,\u201d Macron said in an address made to German parliament after taking part in a series of events to commemorate those who had died in war.<br \/>\nWith European Parliament elections looming next May, the French president has also urged pro-European Union forces to rally and take concrete policy steps in a bid to fend off anti-immigrant, nationalist parties on the rise in several member states.<br \/>\nMacron and Merkel are striving to present plans for a joint budget for the eurozone in the middle of December, which is intended to better protect the integrity of the euro area.<br \/>\nGermany and France agreed on a proposal on Friday, according to a document seen by DPA.<br \/>\nAt a joint press conference, Merkel stressed the importance of Franco-German friendship at a moment when Europe \u201cstands at a crossroads\u201d and that it was time to \u201creally deliver\u201d.<br \/>\nIn a speech to the German lower house of parliament, Macron said the onus was on France and Germany to pursue those efforts.<br \/>\n\u201cThis new phase can be scary as we will have to share, pool together our decision-making, our policies on foreign affairs, migration and development, an increasing part of our budgets and even fiscal resources, build a common defence strategy,\u201d Macron said at the Bundestag. \u201cWe have to overcome our taboos and overcome our habits.\u201d<br \/>\nAt an earlier event in the German capital, Macron called on young people to fight for a peaceful, open Europe.<br \/>\n\u201cWe find ourselves at a very important point in history,\u201d Macron said during the meeting with young people from all over the world.<br \/>\n\u201cA young generation can only build the future if it knows the past. Create an open, ambitious Europe,\u201d he said at the session, entitled 100 Ideas for Peace.<br \/>\nNovember 18 is a national day of mourning in Germany to show solidarity with those left behind after their loved ones were killed in World War I, and to remember all victims of war.<br \/>\nOver the past few days, 500 young people from 48 countries in Europe,<br \/>\nAfrica and the Middle East have been meeting in Berlin to discuss how to safeguard peace and how cohesion can be strengthened.<br \/>\nGerman President Frank-Walter Steinmeier echoed Macron\u2019s comments.<br \/>\n\u201cAbove all, we need fresh ideas,\u201d Steinmeier said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have a responsibility to renew and maintain\u201d the European unity achieved so far, he said, referring to it as a \u201cmiracle\u201d.<br \/>\nMacron had last week warned against the perils of nationalism at commemorations in Paris to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, sparking an outcry from US President Donald Trump, who blasted the French leader on Twitter days later.<br \/>\nIn five posts sent on November 13, the same day that French officials marked the anniversary of the 2015 terrorist attacks that killed 130 people in Paris, Trump blasted the key US ally over its near defeat to Germany in two world wars, its wine industry and Macron\u2019s approval ratings.<br \/>\n\u201cBy the way, there is no country more Nationalist than France, very proud people \u2013 and rightfully so!\u201d Trump wrote in other tweets, ending with \u201cMAKE FRANCE GREAT AGAIN!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PA\/Reuters\/Berlin French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented a united front in the face of multiple challenges for Europe as the French leader visited Berlin yesterday. \u201cToday we must&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}