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    France's Macron Calls For A United Europe, Greater Cooperation With Germany

    French President Emmanuel Macron's speech laid out his vision of a united Europe that would be innovative and take risks. He called for a common EU defense force and intelligence service.
    by Eleanor Beardsley Sep 26, 2017 2 minutes
    In his Tuesday speech at the Sorbonne in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron called Europe "our history, identity, our horizon and what protects us and gives us our future." / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images

    During his election campaign, French President Emmanuel Macron promised to reinvigorate the European Union.

    In a sweeping speech at Paris' Sorbonne University Tuesday, Macron laid out his vision for an EU that would be less bureaucratic, more democratic and more sovereign — but above all, he said, one that would be innovative, risk-taking and audacious.

    Macron called Europe "our

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