Merkel Says France Needs German-Style Renewal as Macron to Visit
- ‘France can do it, too,’ German chancellor says of reforms
- Macron due in Berlin on Monday after presidential inauguration
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Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany’s economic overhaul more than a decade ago could be a model for Emmanuel Macron, setting the tone for his visit to Berlin a day after his inauguration.
Merkel and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble have been suggesting or reviving a range of proposals for strengthening the euro area since Macron, running as a pro-European independent, won the French presidency on May 7. He will visit Berlin on Monday for his first meeting with Merkel as president, according to a German government statement Friday.