PARIS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron presided Thursday over a joint cabinet meeting aimed at underscoring Franco-German resolve to kick-start the European Union.

The meeting at the Elysee Palace, which took place as US President Donald Trump was in Paris as the guest of honor for Bastille Day events, underscores Macron’s wish “to build ambitious and concrete projects,” the French leader told regional daily Ouest-France.

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