Why did Macron visit Germany for the first time after taking office?

There is a reason why Macron chose Germany as the first country to visit after taking office, because Macron needs German support very much at this time.

Many people think that Macron is very lucky to win the support of two-thirds of the voters at a young age, but if we look at it carefully, it is actually only the first step in the long road of Macron. The French president is not a hot potato. On the contrary, the French president is now a hot potato. According to many international news reports, France's current economic development is stagnant, the social polarization between the rich and the poor is serious, and the gap between urban and rural areas is widening. Unemployment is also high. Coupled with the increasingly tense immigration, religious and cultural conflicts in France and the recent large-scale terrorist attacks, it proves that France is not so peaceful and the presidency is not so easy. These internal worries will pose a severe test for Macron's future administration.

In addition, during the election campaign, Macron made it clear that his attitude is to firmly support the EU, open borders and globalization. These are essentially in conflict with the positions of voters who support Le Pen. Don't underestimate these voters. Although Macron won by an absolute margin, in France, one-third of the voters voted for Le Pen, and Le Pen got nearly 35% of the votes, which was almost twice the 17.8% of the votes her father got in the second round of the 2002 general election. If you think this data is nothing, then I tell you that the former French President Hollande, who just stepped down, has a support rate of less than 5%.

During Macron's reign, how to unite these people who support Le Pen so that they can also benefit from his policies is also a difficult problem for Macron in the future. The fact that the French elected the youngest president of a big country in the world may reflect how strong their desire for change is. They are eager for young Mark Long to bring new changes to France. But if Macron fails, what power can he have to stop Le Pen in the next presidential election? Maybe it will only end up as lonely as Hollande.

It seems a bit far-fetched. Anyway, Macron, which has a difficult road ahead, needs the support and help of its small partner, and this small partner is German. France and Germany are already allies. Macron is very pro-EU. During the election campaign, he said that the future of the EU depends on whether the EU can really implement substantive and far-reaching structural reforms, narrow the gap between the North and the South within the EU, and take effective measures to protect the EU people on security and immigration issues. He even believes that to achieve these goals, France must keep pace with its neighbor Germany, at least in terms of economic strength.

The Franco-German alliance has been regarded by many countries as the key to whether the EU can go on since the British referendum indicated that it wants to leave the European Union. After Macron was elected, German Chancellor Angela Merkel immediately tweeted that Macron's victory was "the victory of a strong and United Europe."

At this point, many people should also understand that Macron's attitude is to support the further integration of Europe and advocate the establishment of a budget mechanism in the euro zone, with investment and support for countries in crisis. From the perspective of safeguarding the EU, Germany and France are like a pair of comrades fighting side by side. For many Germans, Macron's election is undoubtedly good news. After all, some of their positions are the same.