French President Emmanuel Macron has called for comprehensive reforms of the European Union to deepen integration, and for changes to EU treaties to achieve this. Speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Macron backed a proposal from the European Parliament to hold a convention to devise plans to streamline the EU decision-making process, through revising EU treaties if necessary. It was necessary to “reform our texts, that is clear,” Macron told the European Parliament in a speech to mark the end of a major year-long citizens’ dialogue on the future of the EU, the so-called Conferen…