At the Sorbonne University on Tuesday 26 September, France's President Emmanuel Macron outlined his vision of a sovereign and protecting European Union solidarity.
“The days of France making proposals in Europe are back”, Macron said, distancing himself from the rather cool attitude shown by France towards European issues since the no vote in the French referendum on the draft Constitutional Treaty of May 2005 (our translation throughout).
The French president, who firmly believes that...