Brussels is breathing again: we can count on France for another five years
† Source: AP
Brussels
Relieved congratulations are pouring in from Brussels for the most likely re-elected French President Emmanuel Macron. “We can count on France for another five years,” concludes Charles Michel, President of the Council of Heads of Government of the EU countries.
Brussels is worried that Macron’s far right rival Marine Le Pen, who wants to thoroughly overhaul the European Union, would like his far right rival. Her plans will be the end of the EU as it exists today.
The president of the European Commission also congratulates Macron. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen “looks forward to continuing our excellent cooperation”.
Her colleague from the European Parliament has passed even the best with the prognosis that Macron won as election winner. “A strong EU needs a strong France,” said Parliament Speaker Roberta Metsola.
Especially in these “turbulent times”, Michel also says. These require a “solid Europe” and “one that is fully committed to a more sovereign and more European Union”. Macron is one of the pioneers in the attempt to make the EU not economically economical, but also strong, for example.
The leaders of the main EU institutions of the immediate forecast, who write Macros of the votes. They often wait a little longer for the results.