France and Germany said at their bilateral summit in Meseberg (see EUROPE 12043) on Tuesday 19 June that they had agreed joint positions on two issues that lie at the heart of the forthcoming European summit – deepening Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and managing migration.
To each of these matters, “we need European responses”, so that the European Union can, in future, continue to play a role on the international scene, adhering to its intrinsic values, stated German Chancellor...