Emmanuel Macron calls for joint eurozone budget in plea for greater unity

France's President Emmanuel Macron has proposed a joint budget for countries sharing the euro currency, to allow for investment in European projects and help stabilise the eurozone in case of economic crisis.

In a speech about Europe's future to students at the Sorbonne university in Paris, he said the budget could at first be financed by tougher taxes on internet giants and climate change-related taxes.