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πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”΄ Freshly inaugurated French President for the second time, Emmanuel #Macron addresses the European Parliament.

Follow his speech alongside Ursula von der Leyen #live here on FRANCE 24 ‡️ twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”΄ "For Europe, the memory has always framed our future," says President of the
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen ‡️
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”΄ "Now it's time to deliver," says President of the
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen about the promises and ideas discussed at the conference on the future of Europe in #Strasbourg ‡️
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”΄ @vonderleyen proposes to eliminate unanimity voting on certain matters to "move faster".

The EU Commissions president says she is open to changing the treaties of the EU "if need be" ‡️
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”΄ @vonderleyen says "democracy has not gone out of fashion but it must update itself in order to keep improving people's lives" ‡️
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”΄ French President @EmmanuelMacron has now taken the stage.

"I can stand before you today and say that France will not step away from the task in front of us of building a stronger Europe" ‡️
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen @EmmanuelMacron πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”΄ French President @EmmanuelMacron speaks at the Conference on the future of Europe, which he says has has hosted "intelligent debates" seeking to find solutions to improve the future of the EU ‡️
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen @EmmanuelMacron πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”΄ "It is up to Ukraine alone to define the conditions for any negotiations with #Russia, says French President Emmanuel #Macron, adding it was "our European duty to stand by Ukraine."

"We are not at war with Russia," says Macron ‡️
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen @EmmanuelMacron πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”΄ French President Emmanuel #Macron stressed that he wants the EU to be more "independent and effective" ‡️
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen @EmmanuelMacron πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”΄ French President @EmmanuelMacron suggests convening a convention to "revise the [EU] treaties", mirroring what @vonderleyen said earlier in her speech ‡️
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen @EmmanuelMacron πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”΄ French President Emmanuel #Macron says he wants more majority votes for certain EU policy areas

He also said there was a need to reform EU texts in order to become more effective.
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen @EmmanuelMacron πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”΄ "Ukraine, because of its struggle and because of its courage, is already a member of the European Union," says @EmmanuelMacron ‡️
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen @EmmanuelMacron πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”΄ #France's President #Macron may be eager to change #EU treaties, but is this easier said than done?

FRANCE 24 speaks to @alemannoEU on the challenges ahead of the bloc ‡️

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