Paris and Berlin compromise on reform of the electricity market
But the row isn’t over yet
When Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz met for a couple of days of talks along with their top ministers in Hamburg earlier this month, the French president and the German chancellor tried to present a united front. They munched Fischbrötchen (fish sandwiches) with their wives and took a tour of Hamburg harbour. The two-day meeting was meant to reset the most important bilateral relationship within the EU, one that had become increasingly troubled owing to a host of acrimonious disagreements on defence, EU budget rules and energy policies.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “High tension”
Europe October 21st 2023
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