Macron made an impassioned defence of a new Europe in a newspaper column published in each of the 28 member states in which he laid out his ideas for a “European renaissance” ahead of EU elections in May.
German Justice Minister Katarina Barley on Tuesday thanked French President Emmanuel Macron for his plan for “European renaissance”, saying that Europe needed to unite and become stronger, Euronews reports.
“Dear @EmmanuelMacron, thanks for this initiative! We Europeans must now come together and make Europe strong together,” Barley, the Social Democrats’ top candidate in European elections in May, wrote on Twitter.
The German government on Tuesday reacted to French President Emmanuel Macron’s vision for Europe by saying it was important that pro-European forces presented their ideas ahead of the European election due in May.
“The German government supports engaged discussions about the direction of the European Union,” a spokesman for the German government said on Tuesday, declining to give further details.