EU must learn from Brexit and reform, says Emmanuel Macron

French president sets wide-ranging plans to overhaul EU in response to UK’s vote to leave

Dear Europe, Brexit is a lesson for all of us; it’s time for renewal

Emmanuel Macron has called for a new European agency to fight against international cyber-attacks and the manipulation of election campaigns, as well as a ban on foreign powers funding European parties, as he set out plans to overhaul the EU in response to Britain’s vote to leave.

The French president, a pro-European centrist, made the rare move of appealing directly to citizens across the bloc in a long letter published by the Guardian and 27 other newspapers.

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