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<French #247> Macron lays out his vision of "European sovereignty" in a speech delivered in The Hague - le 11 avril 2023

   Today's article is about the speech of the French President at the Netherlands from "France 24" dated April 11, 2023.

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French Original

Macron expose sa vision de la "souveraineté européenne" dans un discours prononcé à La Haye

 

(photo) Le président français Emmanuel Macron prononce un discours à l'Institut Nexus dans le théâtre Amare à La Haye, le 11 avril 2023, dans le cadre d'une visite d'État aux Pays-Bas.

 

S'exprimant au premier jour de sa visite d'État aux Pays-Bas mardi, le président français Emmanuel Macron a exposé sa vision d'une nouvelle ère de "souveraineté européenne", soulignant l'importance pour le continent de "façonner son propre destin". Un discours perturbé par des militants hostiles à la politique climatique du président ainsi qu'à la réforme des retraites. 

 

English Translation

Macron lays out his vision of "European sovereignty" in a speech delivered in The Hague

 

(photo) French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Nexus Institute in the Amare Theater in The Hague, April 11, 2023, as part of a state visit to the Netherlands.

 

Speaking on the first day of his state visit to the Netherlands on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron outlined his vision for a new era of "European sovereignty", stressing the importance for the continent to "shape its own fate". A speech disrupted by activists hostile to the president's climate policy as well as to pension reform.

 

Words & Phrases

<A>

ainsi que: as well as

<C>

cadre: frame, setting

dans le cardre de: on the occasion of

<D>

discours: speech

<E>

s'exprimant (s'exprimer): speaking (speak)

expose > exposer: to exihibit, to display 

<F>

façonner: to shape

<M>

militants > militant: militant, activist

<P>

les Pays-Bas :the Netherlands

perturbé (perturber): disrupted (disrupt)

prononcé (prononcer): delivered (deliver)

propre: own

<S>

soulignant (souligner): emphasizing (emphasize)