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LETTER FROM BRUSSELS. Ten days before the Franco-German Council of Ministers, Scholz and Macron must overcome the divisions and cynical interests of the two countries.
Through Emmanuel Berretta
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QA few months after the Franco-German mini-crisis in October, the Franco-German Council of Ministers (CMFA) is announced for 22 January. A Sunday. “This little crisis has done us good. The Germans have been much more receptive since ”, we slip in the entourage of Emmanuel Macron, where we note that the pension reform, eagerly awaited on the Berlin side, will reaffirm the seriousness of French commitments. Yes, France must constantly prove to Germany that it knows how to reform while its debt – 113.3% of GDP – remains a concern across the Rhine.
Olaf Scholz is not an easy client for France, which has more acquaintances with the environmental vice-chancellor Robert Habeck. If the speeches of the SPD Chancellor – at Charles University in Prague, for example – are dr…
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