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France Finance Minister: Europe Must Become an ‘Empire’ to Compete with U.S. (TR)
breitbart ^ | 11/13/2018 | Victoria Friedman

Posted on 11/13/2018 11:51:20 AM PST by DFG

France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has called for Europe to become an “empire” to compete with the United States after the country’s President Emmanuel Macron called for an EU army to defend against the NATO ally. “It’s about Europe having to become a kind of empire, as China is. And how the U.S. is,” Mr Le Maire told Germany’s Handelsblatt.

Adding that it would be a “peaceful empire,” the economics and finance minister touted the progressive government’s green credentials, saying that the European empire should “rel[y] on green growth. Neither China nor the U.S., who are leaving the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, are on this path.”

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To: DFG

Bring back the Holy Roman Emperor.


21 posted on 11/13/2018 1:05:50 PM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Get it on, Kid Charlemagne!


22 posted on 11/13/2018 1:06:31 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DFG; All
This is a trial balloon for what would become eventually Eurabia. It is a long time dream of a certain faction of the French right who believe the French can manage to outwit and control the muzzlemen and the rest of the Euros.
23 posted on 11/13/2018 1:13:30 PM PST by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: DFG
The German word for an "empire" is ein Reich. Here's a photo of Macron practicing in front of a mirror for his part in the deal.


24 posted on 11/13/2018 1:16:28 PM PST by katana
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Adding that it would be a “peaceful empire,” the economics and finance minister touted the progressive government’s green credentials, saying that the European empire should “rel[y] on green growth. Neither China nor the U.S., who are leaving the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, are on this path.”
That's a complete lie, France missed its targets, and oh, btw, there's no such thing as "green growth".

25 posted on 11/13/2018 2:29:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: DFG

Texas is almost the size of France and Germany together.


26 posted on 11/13/2018 3:06:58 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: DFG
...Emmanuel Macron called for an EU army to defend against the NATO ally....

Lol...they won’t even pay for their share of NATO! How are they going to afford something to defend them against US?

27 posted on 11/13/2018 5:31:29 PM PST by jdsteel (Americans are Dreamers too!!!)
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To: jdsteel

Think of the jobs created by building the Death Star. And then the 2nd one. Gonna be epic.


28 posted on 11/13/2018 6:31:24 PM PST by Noamie
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To: Cowgirl

I had similar thoughts - had a flash that the Holy Roman Empire is no longer....


29 posted on 11/14/2018 2:19:52 AM PST by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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Good luck with that. I thought the EU accomplished that already.

30 posted on 11/14/2018 5:10:15 AM PST by SJackson (The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself)
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To: DFG

That’s adorable, but just keep making the cheese.


31 posted on 11/14/2018 5:16:04 AM PST by dead (Give everyone in the migrant horde lawnmowers and Mexico will have beautiful grass.)
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To: DFG

:: the European empire should “rel[y] on green growth ::

Sacre bleu! Vhere did all zee money go to?
Vill zee immigrants be able to eat zee see-oh-too?


32 posted on 11/14/2018 7:22:35 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: dfwgator

Dude! You blew it!

Should said, “Get along, Kid Charlemagne.”


33 posted on 11/14/2018 7:26:03 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: SJackson

It’s an empire, alright. Mediocracy triumphant.


34 posted on 11/14/2018 8:58:34 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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35 posted on 11/14/2018 9:26:50 AM PST by bitt ("Let justice be done though the heavens fall".)
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To: DFG
The EU has already let in the barbarians.

They are the walking dead.


36 posted on 11/14/2018 10:14:43 AM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your teaching is my delight.)
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To: DFG

A fourth Reich without firing a shot.

Man, they are good at this.


37 posted on 11/14/2018 10:46:53 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: DFG
***France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has called for Europe to become an “empire” to compete with the United States***

Haven't they already tried that three times? 1776. 1917, 1940

38 posted on 11/14/2018 11:50:18 AM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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