Tuesday was ‘Europe Day’, or as the European Union proclaimed on its website, the occasion to ‘celebrate peace and unity’ and give thanks to Robert Schuman. It was the French statesman’s declaration on 9 May 1950 that put in place the framework ‘for a new form of political cooperation in Europe’.
No leader in Europe marked the day quite as enthusiastically as Emmanuel Macron. His Renaissance party tabled a bill on Tuesday in the National Assembly demanding that every village and town hall throughout France be made to fly the EU flag alongside the French tricolour.
One wonders what they made of Macron’s ‘Together, united’ declaration in Rome
The President of France will certainly support the bill such is his zeal for the EU. In a statement published on his official Twitter account, Macron hailed Europe Day with the same joy French presidents once reserved for Bastille Day. ‘Europe has protected us from crises,’ declared Macron with his customary confidence.
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