France's Macron: need to act quickly on EU'S 750bn euro recovery plan

• "We need to proceed quickly and adopt an ambitious agreement with all of our European partners," he added.

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that Europe needed to act fast to implement a planned European Union 750 billion euro ($826 billion) economic recovery package.

"Key day for Europe," wrote Macron on his Twitter feed.

"We need to proceed quickly and adopt an ambitious agreement with all of our European partners," he added.