sector," he added. The two countries' economies both depend heavily on nuclear power and Budapest and Paris are pushing the EU to promote nuclear energy and recognise it as a green investment.Macron said the two countries agreed on the need for a strong Europe.The French President's visit came on the eve of France's takeover of the six-month rotating Presidency of the EU Council on January 1, 2022."We will have the opportunity to exchange views on the digital transition," which is an important ambition of the French Presidency, Macron said, stressing the importance of dialogue on contentious issues. The current sources of disagreement and tension between the two leaders include LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights and migration.On the latter issue, the French President said that Europe will have to come up with a new initiative and that he will discuss this in detail with Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki during their scheduled meeting later in the day."We need to think together as Europeans in order to find solutions for defending our borders in a more effective way, and we also need to think about ways of taking joint action," he added.According to the European Commission, Hungary fails to uphold EU standards on the rule of law and democracy, a charge denied by Budapest.In Budapest, Macron was scheduled to attend a meeting of the leaders of the Visegrad Group of countries (Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia), and to meet the leaders of Hungary's opposition parties.
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