Germans irked as Hollande says EU cannot dictate French reforms

President Francois Hollande has pledged to carry out long overdue reforms of France’s pension system and labour markets but said it was up to Paris, not the European Commission, to determine how they are implemented.

At a joint news conference with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Hollande defended his comment that the EU executive cannot “dictate” reforms to member states - a defiant, nationalist tone that angered Germany’s ruling conservatives.

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