FILE PHOTO - French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Alb'Oru cultural centre in Bastia, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said he would not waste too much of his time on Brexit and would instead seek to redraw the map of "ossified" EU politics by launching an initiative of European progressives for EU elections next year.
The 40-year old president, who blew apart France's traditional two-party system last year by propelling his newly-formed centrist movement to power, called for the same alliance of "reformists" to join forces at the European parliament in Strasbourg.
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