French President Emmanuel Macron reacts during a news conference with Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila (not pictured) at the Prime Minister's official residence Kesaranta in Helsinki, Finland August 30, 2018. Lehtikuva/Markku Ulander via REUTERS
PARIS (Reuters) - Emmanuel Macron's strategy for next year's European elections is taking shape and the French president sees it in stark terms - an open battle between anti-immigrant nationalists on the one hand and pro-EU 'progressives' on the other.
During a tour of Nordic countries this week, he was quick to take up the gauntlet thrown down by Italy's far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who jointly labelled Macron their number one enemy.
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