German Finance Chief Says Macron Call for Autonomous EU ‘Naive’

Emmanuel Macron
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By Kamil Kowalcze

April 15, 2023 at 1:30 PM UTC

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German Finance Minister Christian Lindner called French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for the European Union to strive for strategic autonomy “naive,” especially given “nuclear superpower” Russia’s war in Ukraine.