Macron on the eve of the French-led EU semester: “Creating an emergency response mechanism to be activated when external borders are threatened”

PARIS – The European Union must create an emergency response mechanism to be activated when the external borders are threatened. Reform of the Schengen area is one of the priorities that Emmanuel Macron he illustrated in a long press conference on the current French presidency of the EU which begins in January. From the European defense to the Stability Pact, the head of state has indicated France’s ambitions for this appointment that happens in the middle of the campaign for the French presidential elections.