Merkel Vows to Fight for EU in Campaign Drive Against Populism
- Chancellor takes aim at Brexit, populism in two-day tour
- Merkel lauds renewed Franco-German unity after Macron meeting
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Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to “fight” for the European Union, showcasing a renewed Franco-German bid to unite the bloc as a campaign theme just over two months before a national election.
Speaking at a campaign rally of her Christian Democratic Union party on the North Sea coast on Friday, Merkel said the EU is “more than a common market” and contrasted her embrace of the bloc with the U.K.’s exit and anti-EU populism that featured in the French and Dutch elections this year. It was the first of four coastal campaign stops over two days.