The German government needs to respond to a recent speech on Europe’s future given by French President Emmanuel Macron, the head of the largest opposition party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said on Sunday. The challenges facing Europe should not be met with fear and cowardice, CDU chairman Friedrich Merz wrote in his weekly email to supporters. “And for that reason, Macron’s speech this week deserves a forceful and convincing speech on Europe from Germany as well,” Merz wrote in reference to the French president’s keynote speech to the Sorbonne University in Paris on Thursday. “We mu…