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The Germans Won’t Budge on their Vision of Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron clinched a major win in the country’s recent parliamentary elections, and as Germany looks toward federal elections in September, Chancellor Angela Merkel has a good shot at being reelected for a fourth term. With Britain leaving the European Union and the U.S. somewhat disengaging from the continent, the idea of a liberal democratic Franco-German engine leading the EU to a renewed position of strength is once again being discussed. The Cipher Brief’s Kaitlin Lavinder spoke with Thomas Wright, director of the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution, to ask him what a Franco-German led Europe would like and whether it’s a real possibility.

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