Macron Raises Pressure on Low-Cost Europe as Poland Protests
- France calls for budget levers to drive up labor standards
- Poland targeted by Macron, EU on rule of law, lax labor rules
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French President Emmanuel Macron urged European Union leaders to work together to protect living standards and called for financial penalties for those who refuse to play ball.
With 27 countries meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden, as Angela Merkel tries to broker a coalition agreement at home in Berlin, Macron said that some members have taken advantage of subsidies from the EU to hold down tax rates, undermining incomes for workers across the bloc. He said the EU should find ways to punish that practice in its next round of budget negotiations due for completion in 2020.