The German Chancellor was forced to explain herself at a joint press conference with the French President at the latest EU summit in Brussels.
Mrs Merkel is currently struggling to form a workable coalition government, with the prospect of another round of elections on the horizon.
Responding to a suggestion that, for the first time France was waiting for Germany when it came to integration and the Eurozone, Mr Macron said: “It is for each of us to comply with our own domestic commitments.
“As a matter of fact, Germany has its own system and is working on putting a government together and I should say that the work being led by Chancellor Merkel for a number of weeks already is essential, not just for Germany but for the entire European Union and the Eurozone because we need a strong Germany, a stable one, in order to move forward.”
Mr Marcon, who wished her success in coalition negotiations with the rival SPD party, added: “To that effect I am absolutely convinced she will manage to find a good agreement but in this period of time we could not have a conclusive discussion because we have to take into account the fact that Chancellor Merkel was working on a coalition agreement so we have to respect that.”
The intention of reforming the eurozone was to reach an agreement in March, Mr Macron said, adding: “At that stage a political step will have been completed in Germany and we will have the capacity to construct together much more clearly on these issues.”
Mrs Merkel, who is usually at the forefront of European Union leadership, tried to justify why she still had not formed a coalition nearly three months after the German election.
She said: “We are now in the phase of forming a government. I can only say that we want convergence and where there’s a will, there’s a way.
“We will find a common solution because it is simply necessary for there to be one.”