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Europe's new power couple?
Merkel is dropping opposition to Macron's plan for a Eurozone budget minister.
Has the European Union taken another step towards becoming a superstate? Angela Merkel is moving towards Emmanuel Macron's plan for a Eurozone budget minister; EU leaders are moving towards closer defence co-operation. And all this in the week when Britain formally opened talks on leaving the EU.
(Photo: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron at a joint news conference in Brussels
Credit: AFP/Getty)
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