Macron's Vision of EU Future Wins Pledge for Reform Checklist
- Leaders in Tallinn greet French peer’s EU vision with reserve
- Merkel may not have government before December at earliest
Emmanuel Macron, second right, in Tallinn on Sept. 28.
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The European Union pledged to hammer out a list of tasks and deadlines for overhauling the world’s largest trading bloc over the next two weeks as its leaders pull away from a decade of crises and toward a future without Britain.
EU President Donald Tusk’s promise for a detailed road map follows a tepid reception from other leaders to the plan presented by French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to transform Europe. Tusk said he’d speak with the heads of other member states, many of whom expressed caution about embarking on a dramatic a shake-up after a decade that included the Greek deb crisis, Brexit, terrorism and the worst refugee crisis since World War II.