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

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.

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.