FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the annual French ambassadors' conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer//File Photo
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron took a rare public dig at German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday by questioning her party's ties with Hungary's right-wing leader as the EU prepares for an election next year.
He was speaking after talks in Luxembourg with the three Benelux prime ministers, who share his "progressive", centrist agenda and came a day after Merkel backed a German ally to lead a conservative bid for the post of EU chief executive following a European Parliament election next May.
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