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# Macron tells EU leaders joint borrowing is the only way to fund sovereignty push
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-02-12-macron-joint-eu-debt-innovation/
- Published: 2026-02-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-19T12:00:27.000Z
- Description: Ahead of the EU leaders' retreat at Alden Biesen, President Macron said the EU is under-indebted next to the US and China and called for common eurobond borrowing to fund roughly EUR 1,200 billion a year in green, digital, defence and security investment.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Policy and law, #news, #reported, #opinion, #editor-read

Reported Opinion Editor-read [Observatoire de l'Europe report on Macron's remarks ahead of the EU leaders' retreat, 12 February 2026](https://www.observatoiredeleurope.com/macron-plaide-pour-une-capacite-dendettement-commune-de-lue-pour-financer-lavenir-de-leurope%5Fa82583.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that Germany or other member states accepted the proposal; it records only Macron's own position.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. opinion argues for common EU borrowing for sovereignty tech; institutions have not acted. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-19\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)