On EU Summit Eve, Macron Visits Dutch PM To Talk Reform

Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published March 22, 2018 | 12:35 AM

The Hague, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Mar, 2018 ) :French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Wednesday in the Netherlands seeking to win over Dutch leaders sceptical of his eurozone reform plans, ahead of a key two-day EU summit.

Macron was due to meet with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for "long head-to-head" talks later Wednesday, aiming to set out his proposals for bolstering the eurozone, the French presidency said.

Before being received by Dutch King Willem-Alexander, Macron first visited the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) based in The Hague. The visit comes amid "the Syrian crisis and the Salisbury attack," French officials said.