Merkel Says She Won’t Be a ‘Know-It-All’ in Talks With Macron
- German chancellor, new French president meeting in Berlin
- Leaders of two biggest euro economies to discuss Europe’s path
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged to avoid lecturing newly elected President Emmanuel Macron on overhauling France’s economy when they meet in Berlin, saying she isn’t a “know-it-all.”
“I’m the last one who will step forward and tell France what it has to do,” Merkel told reporters in Berlin on Monday hours before her first meeting with Macron as president. “We have full confidence in the president that he knows what to do, that he’ll present it to us. And then we’ll discuss where we can cooperate well together.”