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Bertille Bayart: "The Franco-German couple head over heels"

10/12/2022, 6:53:10 PM


DECRYPTION – Behind the scenes, the German chancellor's lone rider not only annoys, but frightens. Faintness. On September 1 in Evian, in front of the bosses of the CAC 40 and political leaders hand-picked for the traditional Franco-German economic meetings, Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke... about Germany. And from Germany only. Between Berlin and Paris, it is no longer just a question, as in an old couple, of rehashing the same reproaches every evening, in this case of replaying again and again

Faintness.

On September 1 in Evian, in front of the bosses of the CAC 40 and political leaders hand-picked for the traditional Franco-German economic meetings, Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke... about Germany.

And from Germany only.

Between Berlin and Paris, it is no longer just a question, as in an old couple, of rehashing the same reproaches every evening, in this case of replaying again and again the scene of the stingy and the inconsistent.

This time it's more serious.

"The

Franco-German couple

no longer exists"

concludes, struck by the unilateral remarks of Olaf Scholz, a participant in the meeting behind closed doors in Evian, among which was Emmanuel Macron.

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