" DAVOS Authentic Hayden Hurst Jersey , Switzerland, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- France and Germany on Wednesday unanimously defended their collective stance on making a stronger Europe, amid fears that more idea divisions would emerge between the two sides of the Atlantic as U.S. President Donald Trump is set to make his Davos debut.
""France is back. France is back at the core of Europe, because we will never have any French success without a European success,"" said French President Emannual Macron in a keynote speech during this years' World Economic Forum.
""All of these initiatives and reform have a natural counterpart which is European strategy,"" he said, calling for more ""ambition"" in the European Union (EU).
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The ""EU should find its role in a globalized world and put social cohesion above an often-observed obsession with growth,"" he noted, urging a 10-year strategy of EU listing common objectives in the fields of environment, energy, social cohesion and defense.
France and Germany have traditionally been regarded as the driving force behind the European integration, but the Brexit spillovers and the rising far-rights on the continent have cast shadows on their efforts to some extent.
Echoing Macron in her speech Wednesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel also talked about her vision for Europe's future Authentic Chris Wormley Jersey , saying that the EU ""needs to take more responsibility, we need to take our destiny into our own hands.""
""Multilateralism is under threat and have we actually learned the lessons of history? We haven't really,"" she said, urging closer cooperation in the EU to solve problems in Europe.
Specifically, Merkel called for more actions on digitalization rather than ""debating philosophical issues"", saying that it was too slow in EU to decide how to deal with big data, which has made Europe lag behind.
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Meanwhile, Merkel also called for efforts to tackle fractured capital market by establishing capital markets union, as well as completing banking union, so as to weather the crisis at an early stage.
Following a series of unexpected events on the global stage including Brexit and the election of Trump as U.S. President, the world's attention is focused on France and Germany Authentic Maxx Williams Jersey , wondering how they will respond to the rise of populism, protection and sentiment against globalization in Europe.
Despite declarations of good intentions between Paris and Berlin, some media warned that Macron and Merkel might have envisioned different structures in the EU, which might put the two countries at odds.
Der Spiegel, a German weekly news magazine, said earlier that Macron has long wanted a union that gives Brussels greater powers, instead of seeing Berlin ""steer the wheel.""
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South Korea's Chung Hyeon played superbly to beat Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open as the six-time champion struggled with injury.
Chung, 21, won 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 7-6 (7-3) to become the first Korean player to reach the last eight at a Grand Slam.
He will face another surprise quarter-finalist after American Tennys Sandgren upset fifth seed Dominic Thiem.
Djokovic, 30, had treatment to his right elbow after the first set and was visibly in pain at times.
""Unfortunately, it's not great,"" he said afterwards.
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The Serb, seeded 14th, missed the second half of the 2017 season with an elbow injury, and was making his return to competitive action in Melbourne.
""I was hoping I can go through [the tournament],"" he added.
""But I don't want to talk about my injury tonight because then I'm taking away Chung's victory, the credit that he deserves.""
Djokovic made it through three rounds but could not cope with a brilliant performance from Chung, while at the same time clearly struggling physically.
Chung's ability to turn defence into attack and prevail in epic rallies was reminiscent of Djokovic himself.
Djokovic battled back from 4-0 down in the first set, 4-1 down in the second and 3-1 in the third, but eventually succumbed to an irrepressible opponent.