“An unusual ‘vroom vroom’ is currently rocking relations between France and Germany.” In the press across the Rhine, the state of “Franco-German engine” has been closely scrutinized since the postponement to January 2023 of the Franco-German Council of Ministers in Fontainebleau. Because if calendar problems have been mentioned, other echoes mention the differences between the two countries.
Initially scheduled for October 26, the meeting was to allow the French and the Germans to display their unity on the files of the moment, analyse The world. “But it would have been difficult for a first face-to-face meeting after nearly three years of the pandemic.” Consequently, only a restricted interview between President Macron and Chancellor Olaf Scholz was organized this Thursday, October 20, ahead of the European Council on Energy.
French mistrust
The two men are at odds over “many questions”, explains the German conservative newspaper. Among them: European defence. France fears that Germany will back down on initiatives common to both countries, such as the Franco-German combat aircraft SCAF and the ‘tank of the future’.
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