Time to build the United States of Europe, says French presidential hopeful
Gabriel Attal criticised Ursula von der Leyen’s EU of moving too slowly and failing to deliver | Attal, the former French prime minister and centrist presidential hopeful, wants to take Emmanuel Macron’s European dreams one step further, bypassing the EU to create a hardcore European federation. ● The 37 year-old politician on Thursday pitched a “United States of Europe”, arguing that the EU’s 27-country model has “reached its limits” and should make way for a smaller core of countries willing to fuse their economies.
■ French presidential hopeful Attal vows to build ‘United States of Europe’ (Politico)



