# REPLAY: Macron speaks on the European Union as pope visits Metz

https://mins.news/en/item/76893

- France 24, 2026-09-28 10:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260928-replay-france-s-macron-speaks-on-european-union-as-pope-visits-metz

> French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe must recover the “courage of its founders” and resist the “resurgence of nationalism” in an address delivered with Pope Leo XIV in Metz on the final day of the pope’s visit to France.

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