berlin french president emmanuel macron proposals strengthen european union draw mix reaction germany lawmaker chancellor angela merkel bavarian ally warn turn bloc unlimited transfer union macron offer sweep vision renewal europe speech tuesday call eu cooperate closely defense immigration tax social policy single currency bloc budget speak two days german election merkel conservative cdu/csu bloc score bad result since 1949 limit freedom maneuver europe co-governing social democrats spd suffer bad election result since end world war two rule re-run grand coalition merkel outgo foreign minister sigmar gabriel senior spd member laud french proposals emmanuel macron today hold courageous passionate plea nationalism europe europe want reform strengthen unite help gabriel say right need seize opportunity franco-german initiatives make europe democratic involve citizens make fit future gabriel say joint determination eu member state need resolve problems europe add macron count us cem ozdemir co-leader left-leaning green potential coalition partner merkel tell reporters berlin germany take macron extend hand push europe forward partner important signal us berlin macron make proposals directly german election paris berlin work closely together courage implement concrete reform strengthen europe ozdemir see possible foreign finance minister merkel coalition government say euro zone particular need reform make resilient future shock need investment digitization sustainable technologies infrastructure particular ensure long-term investment create future-proof job ozdemir say hans michelbach lawmaker merkel csu ally say macron ideas unsuitable take europe forward lead deepen eu deep split eu say michelbach accuse macron plan turn euro zone unlimited transfer union roll back eu stability pact wrong lessons euro zone crisis michelbach say add macron relieve duty bring french budget deficit line eu fiscal rule comment echo alexander graf lambsdorff senior member pro-business free democrats fdp another potential coalition partner merkel courageous speech president macron even proposals meet approval fdp lambsdorff say lambsdorff welcome macron call strengthen military cooperation eu seize opportunities digitization reject call euro zone budget problem europe lack public fund lack reform euro zone budget would set exactly wrong incentives lambsdorff say fiscally conservative fdp dislike idea facility may lead financial transfer wealthy euro zone countries poor ones macron say hop ideas would take account germany coalition build negotiations talk expect begin mid-october may take several months macron 's europe speech draw mix reaction berlin