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"We cannot do as if our discussions were ordinary," Macron told MEPs (Photo: European Parliament)

MEPs set limits to Macron's ambitions

French president Emmanuel Macron tried on Tuesday (17 April) to woo MEPs by presenting himself as a herald of European liberal democracy and inspirer of the EU's "renaissance". But he found that his quest for leadership will have to put up with the rules set by the European political groups.

"Macron arrived in European reality," noted Manfred Weber, the leader the centre-right EPP group, the largest in the parliament.

In a three-hour debate, which was at times tough and passionate...

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"We cannot do as if our discussions were ordinary," Macron told MEPs (Photo: European Parliament)

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