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EU Leaders Meet to Counter Trump, China, Russia

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron played down their disagreements ahead of a European Union leaders’ retreat meant to jump-start plans to revive the bloc’s economy.

The leaders of Europe’s two largest economies arrived side-by-side on Thursday as they entered a day-long retreat of European Union leaders, held in the centuries-old Alden Biesen castle in eastern Belgium.

The two said they were united in the need for swift economic action, even if they didn’t always agree on the exact same course.

“We want to make this European Union faster, we want to make it better, and above all, we want to ensure that we have a competitive industry in Europe,” Merz told reporters before entering, standing next to Macron.

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