France favours a "stronger organisation" behind the euro led by "a vanguard of countries", French President Francois Hollande said in an interview published Sunday. In the past week "the European spirit prevailed" in addressing the Greek crisis, he told the weekly Journal du Dimanche.
"But we cannot stand still," Hollande said, in the interview published alongside a profile of Jacques Delors, the former head of the European Commission.
Delors, a former French economics and finance minister who turns 90 on Monday, is one of the architects of the euro.
"I have proposed taking up Jacques Delors' idea about euro government, with the addition of a specific budget and a parliament to ensure democratic control," Hollande said.…
France 24
France favours establishment of euro government