paris president emmanuel macron bold vision european renewal hard translate real policy change france strong partner germany france new government spokesman say monday benjamin griveaux comment explicit yet french government falter coalition talk germany pose risk macron ideas reform euro zone well defense immigration energy policy naturally pay close attention everything might help stabilize political situation germany without strong partner obviously difficult carry president ambitious european project griveaux tell weekly news brief macron german chancellor angela merkel speak frequently past months desire france germany european union two large economies often engines change take lead close cooperation merkel fourth term plunge doubt week ago three-way coalition talk pro-business free democrats fdp green collapse momentum build another grand coalition social democrats spd even negotiations may quick eu face narrow window forge agreement macron sweep proposals european elections 2019 approach bloc likely distract brexit negotiations wrangle new long-term budget moreover doubt rise whether spd would make european reform priority loom coalition negotiations euro zone reform macron call creation budget finance minister separate parliament currency bloc macron 's european dream difficult without 'strong germany