France’s president-elect Emmanuel Macron is to push the EU to adopt a tougher stance on trade and foreign investment in an early bid to win over domestic critics calling for greater protectionism.
Mr Macron, who campaigned on a strongly pro-EU platform, will visit chancellor Angela Merkel next week to urge the German leader to quickly strengthen EU anti-dumping measures and tighten control of foreign investments in strategic sectors, aides said.
French voters’ choice of Mr Macron over far-right Eurosceptic candidate Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s election has sparked optimism that EU leaders will redouble efforts to strengthen the bloc after Brexit, helped by a stronger Franco-German alliance.
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