France’s Macron Renews Calls to ‘Buy European’ on Germany Visit
- French president gives speech in Dresden during three-day trip
- Macron calls for a doubling of European public investment
French President Emmanuel Macron said the European Union must stop being naive in the face of growing competition from the US and China, and repeated calls for a “buy European” strategy in key sectors such as defense.
He also called for a doubling of EU public financing, adding that the current generation faces an unprecedented “wall of investment” to pay for security, the climate transition, AI and other challenges.