A small step or a big leap forward? Emmanuel Macron, in any case, does not hide his satisfaction after the agreement with Germany on the possibility of a common debt of the European Union. " This is an important moment in our shared history ," he says. This agreement is only the first step. The agreement of the other 25 states must now be obtained. And above all, do not stick to the display effect of these 500 billion put on the table and guaranteed by the whole Union, and not only by its financially strongest members. But the head of state scored a point by managing to make an economic nightmare the lever of his European dream. And by staging its driving force; like Nicolas Sarkozy during the 2008 financial crisis.
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It was far from acquired. When, on March 25, Macron launched an appeal with eight of its counterparts, including the Spanish and the Italian, for the creation of coronabonds to respond to the health crisis, Germany
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