That appears to be about to change under Macron.This week he dropped demands for President Bashar al-Assad to depart as a condition for any peace settlement in Syria and held out an olive branch to Russian President Vladimir Putin at talks in Versailles on May 29.Macron appears to be broadly aligning his foreign policy with the US priorities of tackling terrorism while seeking better ties with Russia, which he considers a long-term partner rather than a direct threat to Europe.Diplomats and officials say he is also seeking to shift policy by making clear his immediate aims are to weaken Islamist militants who threaten France from the Middle East and embark only on diplomatic initiatives that can bring concrete results.
Moody's said on Monday that the parliamentary majority won on Sunday for Macron's 'En Marche!' eased that path to reform, which is credit positive for the rating. On whether he wants to show off his antipathy towards eastern and central European states in the media or talk about facts.
The comments of the French President mark a shift in France's policy in the Syrian crisis.
Viktor Obran, Hungary's hardline prime minister, also hit out at Mr Macron.
The new French leader said that fighting the Islamic State group had to be the global community's number one goal, leading to dismay from the Syrian opposition.
The joint press conference came exactly a year after Britain's shock referendum vote to become the first country to leave the European Union, which prompted dire predictions of the break-up of the bloc.
"His start has not been very promising".
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Instead, leaders will only ask the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, to "examine the need" to screen investments from countries outside the EU, with China the main target, the draft said. More details on how that would work in practice are expected to be unveiled next week. Schwarzenegger says he and Macron, a centrist, discussed climate change.
Mr Macron has openly criticised the EU's posted workers directive, a rule that allows foreign workers to pay social insurance in their home countries while living in another European Union country. "This attachment to multilateralism does not signify a naivety", Macron said.
He added economic migrants, dubbed "posted workers", "leads to ridiculous situations".
As a gesture to Macron, EU governments had agreed to include the idea in the summit conclusions, with leaders eager to reward his solid defeat of far-right Marine Le Pen in elections last month.
"I pointed out to Emmanuel Macron today how low wages are in the Czech Republic compared to France, and that French firms can also do more to raise (their) wages", Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said.
"There can be no pertinent solution if it is not a pertinent solution for France and Germany", the 39-year-old centre-right leader.
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