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United States of Europe moves closer as Angela Merkel backs Emmanuel Macron EU reforms

2018-06-04 09:44:57       source:Express

June 3, 2018


In an interview with German paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung she said she was in favour of Mr Macron’s plans for a combined military force.


And Mrs Merkel supported the idea of turning the euro zone's ESM rescue fund into a European Monetary Fund (EMF) with powers to give members hit by sovereign debt troubles short-term credit lines.


The French leader wants a future EMF to act as a buffer in any future financial crises in the bloc, which was nearly torn apart in a debt crisis in 2009.


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