<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>French President </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/emmanuel-macron" rel="" target="" title="Emmanuel Macron"><span>Emmanuel Macron</span></a><span> is urging </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/europe" rel="" target="" title="Europe"><span>Europe</span></a><span> to start acting like a "power" on the world stage.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ahead of the EU summit in Brussels later this week, the leader said the continent faced growing threats from </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/china" rel="" target="" title="China"><span>China</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/russia" rel="" target="" title="Russia"><span>Russia</span></a><span> and the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="United States"><span>United States</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Are we ready to become a power?" Macron said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/two-arrests-over-italian-armoured-car-robbery/996dacbd-2784-4cdb-82c1-c516f56e9a6a"><strong><span>Two arrested in Italy over armed robbery on security truck</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/the-united-strand-frank-ilett-hair-manchester-united-fan-500-day-long-wait-for-haircut-continues/d7db5aae-9950-4c5f-95c0-76dc684382bb"><strong><span>Football fan's 500 day-long wait for a haircut continues despite late equaliser</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is the question in the field of economy and finance, in defence and security, and in our democratic systems.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In another era we might have said it is the moment to 'assume our majority'."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/world-news-french-president-emmanuel-macron-urges-europe-to-start-acting-like-a-power-amid-growing-global-threats/7525c125-32e6-45f1-b6c5-81234975faec" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Macron said Europe faced "massive challenges in a world of disorder".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said climate change was accelerating, doubts are growing over whether the US would guarantee Europe's security, Russia had stopped providing cheap energy three years ago and China had become a fiercer rival.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The French president repeated a call for a Europe-wide mutalised loans program to help raise billions of euros to invest in key sectors inclduing security, defence, clean energy and artificial intelligence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The time has come to launch a shared debt capacity to fund our future expense - eurobonds for the future," Macron said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We need big European programmes to finance the best projects.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Today, we Europeans are on our own, but we have each other, we are 450 million people."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The global turbulance is pushing Russia and China closer together.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping recently held a video call to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/xi-jinping-and-vladimir-putin-closer-ties/824484ee-4654-4ba0-818d-4833b0614729" rel="" target="" title="discuss the burgeoning economic cooperation"><span>discuss the burgeoning economic cooperation</span></a><span> between Moscow and Beijing and their relations with the United States.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></strong></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><p><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a></p></li><li><p><em><strong><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w"><em><strong><span>ticking this box here</span></strong></em></a></p></li><li><p><em><strong><span>Sign up to</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine"><em><strong><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></strong></em></a></p></li></ul></div></div>