French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned the word "paradigm" roughly 20 times in a speech pushing for more European integration Thursday."We have a rendezvous with history Europe could die," Macron warned, standing in front of hundreds of listeners in the amphitheater of the Paris Sorbonne, one of Europe s oldest u
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a paradigm shift in a Paris speech on European integration. That might not necessarily inspire voters at home. DW's Lisa Louis reports from Paris.
Emmanuel Macron was a virtual political unknown when he came to power as an “extreme centrist” whose “neither Left nor Right” stance was designed to keep political extremes out of power.