Hollande, Merkel urge clear vision for addressing Europe's weaknesses

Reuters on Yahoo News ^ | 9/15/16 | Richard Loug and Michelle Martin

[NormsRevenge]

PARIS (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday that it was crucial an upcoming European Union summit, the first since Britain voted to leave the bloc, addressed the EU's weaknesses with a plan for reforms.

Britain's Brexit vote sent shockwaves through the European Unions long deemed by many voters to be overly bureaucratic and unresponsive to their concerns, while energizing the continent's anti-immigration, eurosceptic parties.

"It is now about applying an agenda for Bratislava that makes clear we are determined to react together to the weaknesses, to the tasks we face," Merkel told reporters in Paris after meeting Hollande ahead of Friday's summit.

Hollande said Britain's vote to divorce with the EU had triggered a crisis that threatened bloc's very existence and pressed on the 27 member states due in the Slovak capital to establish a calendar and road-map for reforms.

Security would be one of three key themes under discussion in Bratislava, he said.

"The first priority is security ... our border security, our security against external threats," Hollande said.

[NormsRevenge]

The 'best and brightest' leading EUrabia into the New Age of headless corpses and blood running in the streets.. some vision.

[NormsRevenge]

French President Francois Hollande (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a joint news conference ahead of the upcoming EU summit at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

[dirtboy]

A clear vision from two of the primary architects for the current European weakness? That’s like asking Obama for a clear vision for solving racial animus.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Well, now that is ironic.

Hollande and Merkel ARE Europe’s weakness.

[butlerweave]

Europe’s weaknesses is Countries can Leave without a Fight

[TADSLOS]

Take a hard look in the mirror, you jackasses.

[I want the USA back]

1. kick the muzzards out.
2. lower taxes to encourage jobs.
3. resign.

[Moltke]

Europe’s weakness is not European citizens, but EU “leaders” like Merkel the Mad(tm) and Hollande the Wimp, acting against the natural interests of their peoples. For which they did *not* get a mandate the last time they were voted into office. If they *do* get elected again, well, then all bets are off...