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Merkel bets on the Franco-German couple to embellish her European heritage

2020-08-19T17:19:26.291Z


ANALYSIS - The concept of European sovereignty, dear to Macron, has been taken up across the Rhine, but other issues are likely to strain the atmosphere.


Like many of her fellow citizens, the Chancellor spent her holidays in Germany, partly in her dacha in Brandenburg. Coronavirus obliges, she had to give up her traditional hikes in Tyrol. Her political comeback first took her to the banks of the Rhine on Tuesday, where she visited Armin Laschet, one of the declared candidates for her succession. After the contingencies of domestic policy, its agenda opens on the open sea with this meeting at the edge of the big blue.

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No German chancellor had received an invitation to Fort Brégançon since Helmut Kohl in 1985, who had then been hosted by François Mitterrand. Angela Merkel appreciates the gesture, but does not take offense either: this "honor" has been reserved for other leaders, such as Vladimir Poutine and Theresa May. For the Chancellor, whatever the idyllic setting and the panorama, the essential is elsewhere. "Zur Sache, cock!" ("Let's get to the point, please!"), As she said

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Source: lefigaro

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