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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 27 september 2017
Macron: Europe is too slow, blind to dangers of nationalism

ment for the first time in 60 shape “a sovereign, united
years, Macron said this iso- and democratic Europe.”
lationist attitude has resur- While re-elected German
faced “because of blind- Chancellor Angela Merkel
ness ... because we forgot has signaled openness to
to defend Europe.” some of Macron’s ideas,
“The Europe that we know one potential ally in her
is too slow, too weak, too new government is deeply
ineffective,” he said. skeptical about a eurozone
To change that, he pro- budget.
posed a joint budget for Macron’s office says he
European countries shar- wants his Europe strategy
ing the euro currency that to play a role in Germany’s
would allow investment coalition-building talks.
in European projects and To reduce inequalities
help stabilize the eurozone across the EU, Macron also
in case of economic crisis. suggested greater harmo-
This budget would at some nization of EU tax policies —
point need to come from notably on corporate
national budgets of coun- taxes, and taxing internet
tries sharing the euro cur- giants where they make
rency, for instance using money and not where they
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech on the European Union at the amphithe- domestic taxes on busi- are registered.
ater of the Sorbonne university in Paris, France, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. Macron is laying out his vi- nesses. Macron is also proposing
sion Tuesday for a more unified Europe, with a joint budget for countries sharing the euro currency
and a stronger global voice despite Brexit looming. Macron said the only way that every EU country guar-
(Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP) to make Europe strong in antee a minimum wage
By SYLVIE CORBET tionalism and fragmenta- a globalized world is to re- and payroll charges.q
Associated Press tion, saying it goes against
PARIS (AP) — the principles of a shared
Calling Europe slow, weak Europe born from the trag-
and ineffective, French edy of world wars.
President Emmanuel Ma- “We thought the past
cron on Tuesday said the would not come back ...
EU should embrace a joint we thought we had
budget, shared military learned the lessons,” Ma-
force and harmonized tax- cron told a crowd of
es to stay globally relevant. European students at the
With Brexit looming, Sorbonne university Tues-
Macron warned the rest of day.
Europe against the dan- After a far-right party en-
gers of anti-immigrant na- tered the German parlia-
Ukraine’s Poroshenko signs

controversial education law

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA minority languages will be
Associated Press sidelined. Poroshenko said
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s in a statement on Monday
president has signed a that the law “strengthens
controversial law on edu- the role of the Ukrainian
cation, causing fury in Hun- language in education”
gary which is threatening but also protects the rights
to block Ukraine’s efforts of all minorities to get edu-
to integrate with the Euro- cation.Language has been
pean Union. a politically charged issue
The law that President in Ukraine where 30 per-
Petro Poroshenko signed cent of those polled in the
late Monday restructures 2001 census called Russian
Ukraine’s education system their mother tongue. Sepa-
and specifies that Ukrainian ratists who occupied large
will be the main language swathes of Ukraine’s Rus-
used in schools, rolling back sian-speaking east in April
the option for lessons to be 2014 argue that they took
taught in other languages. up arms against a threat to
Russia, Moldova, Hungary encroach on their right to
and Romania expressed use Russian. Ukraine’s pro-
concern over the bill when Western government that
it was drafted, saying that it took over shortly before
would infringe of the rights that pledged to respect all
of ethnic minorities. minorities, and some of its
Ukrainian officials have re- most prominent figures are
jected the suggestion that native Russian speakers.q