EU: France and Germany Chart a Middle Way on EU Reforms

For France and Germany, hammering out an agreement on Europe's future is never an easy task, especially when both have such strong ideas about how to reform the 28-member bloc. On June 19, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron issued their Meseberg Declaration, a joint document proposing measures to reform the bloc that will go before the European Council on June 28 and 29. The document represents a compromise between Paris' desire for deep, structural reforms and Berlin's cautious approach to the bloc....