Bruno Le Maire speaks on a call during an all-night EU finance ministers meeting, in Paris, on April 7.
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France’s Finance Chief Is Ready to Break Things to Fix the EU
Bruno Le Maire says Europe is at a crossroads and will either change or be sidelined by the global powers.
The videocall had run through the night and Bruno Le Maire’s frustration was mounting.
The French finance minister had tried economic, financial and even moral arguments to convince his reluctant counterparts that they must pool their debts to save the European Union, officials said.