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Foreign Minister Steinmeier: Courageous announcement by the French President
Today (15 January) at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, Foreign Minister Steinmeier commented on yesterday’s press conference held by the French President as follows:
The French President made a courageous statement yesterday. I am pleased about his announcement. In view of the interests of Europe as a whole and the hope that we will regain stability, reorientation of France’s economic policy can only be understood as a good message. All of us have an interest in France’s economic clout being strengthened and the country developing into an engine of Europe’s economy.