title: Merkel welcomes 'a lot of material' from Macron for EU reform debate
text: BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron s speech on European Union reform, which contained  a lot of material  for necessary debate on the issue, her spokesman said. Germany shares Macron s view that the EU needs reforms. The details of reforms must be discussed, added the spokesman, Steffen Seibert.  This discussion is necessary and sensible,  Seibert told a regular government news conference in Berlin, adding that the leaders would have a chance to talk at an EU meeting in Tallinn on Thursday. 