Macron to Put Euro’s Strength on the EU Summit Agenda, Seeking Coordinated Response
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President Emmanuel Macron urged EU leaders to pool resources and treat the bloc as a geopolitical actor, proposing mutualised borrowing to finance roughly €1.2tn a year for defence, clean energy and AI. He also plans to raise the euro’s recent appreciation at the European Council and signalled a tougher posture on digital regulation with the United States, framing fiscal, currency and regulatory levers as a connected strategic toolkit.
Macron urges firmer EU response as U.S. readies pressure on trade and digital rules
French president Emmanuel Macron warned that Brussels must adopt a firmer posture toward Washington as tensions rise over digital regulation and possible trade penalties, and he will also raise the euro’s recent appreciation at next week’s European Council as part of a broader push to coordinate EU responses. He signalled an expectation of a confrontation this year that could produce U.S. countermeasures such as tariffs if the EU proceeds with stricter tech rules, and argued that currency moves and competitiveness are linked to those regulatory choices.




