Hollande calls for stronger eurozone led by 'vanguard' nations
Paris
France wants a stronger, more harmonised eurozone led by "a vanguard of countries", French President Francois Hollande said in an interview published Sunday.
In the past week "the European spirit prevailed" in addressing the Greek crisis, he told the weekly Journal du Dimanche.
But he stressed the need for "two cornerstones" of a tighter, more secure, eurozone, "an European economic government" and "a specific budget," to deal with similar crises in future
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls added that this vanguard should include the six founding EU countries: France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Both Hollande and Valls remained vague on the details of this initiative, with the prime minister, talking in the southern town of Avignon, saying that "in the coming weeks" France would have "the opportunity to take initiatives and make concrete propositions."
"We are in the process of emerging from the Greek crisis, even though it is difficult, and we must learn the lessons and go much further," Valls insisted.
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