PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron urged the European Union to maintain a united front following his Monday summit here with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as more European countries sign on to Beijing's controversial Belt and Road infrastructure-building initiative.
"Europe must be united and have a coherent message. That's what we are doing on strategic investments," Macron said in a joint news conference with Xi that day. He suggested that EU members could weaken the union if they join Belt and Road without a shared, bloc-wide strategy.
