Macron says not in French interests for German coalition talks to stall


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  • Monday, 20 Nov 2017

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at Dubai's Chamber of Commerce in Dubai, UAE, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Ludovic Marin/Pool

PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he had spoken with German Chancellor Angela Merkel late on Sunday when her efforts to form a coalition government collapsed and that it was not in French interests for the process to stall.

"It's not in our interests that the process freezes up," Macron told reporters in Paris.

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