Last weekend, the
Sunday Times
said Boris Johnson and his ministers were plotting a
"new cordial agreement"
, a strategic alliance that would go beyond the Lancaster House accords of 2010. The path to such a rapprochement risks be longer than expected.
Despite the seriousness of the stakes - human lives risked every day in the Channel - the passes between London and Paris around the migration crisis became even tougher on Friday.
In the aftermath of the tragedy which killed 27 people, the publication Thursday evening on Twitter, by Boris Johnson, of a letter to Emmanuel Macron set fire to the powders.
These are not
"serious methods"
launched the French president from Rome.
More than the content of the British Prime Minister's proposals, the process ulcerated the Elysee.
"We do not communicate from one leader to another on these issues by tweets and letters that are made public, we are not whistleblowers,"
lamented Emmanuel Macron.
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