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Will Macron’s Parliamentary Win Mean Greater European Security?

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Posted: June 19th, 2017

French President Emmanuel Macron clinched a parliamentary majority on Sunday, when his en Marche party won more than 300 of the 577 seats in the National Assembly, giving the pro-EU, centrist president a strong mandate to pursue his vision for the country.

What Macron’s defense and security policies will look like remains unclear. But signs point toward closer European security cooperation. After the deadly Manchester, England terrorist attack in May, Macron said, “Beyond solidarity, it’s obviously European cooperation that we need to reinforce, in the field of intelligence, information sharing, the protection of our common borders.”

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