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What Scholz has to discuss with Macron
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Things have been better between them: French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
(Photo: Andreas Friedrichs/Imago)
Reform sovereignty, armaments, gas pipeline: there is a crunch between France and Germany. Chancellor Scholz is now traveling to Paris for lunch with President Macron. Where there is a problem between the two countries. An overview.
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Björn Finke, Stefan Kornelius and Kathrin Müller-Lance, Paris, Munich, Brussels
At the beginning of October, things looked so good, at least on Twitter. When France’s President visited Berlin on German Unity Day, his team posted a photo of Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), united in front of the Berlin evening sky. “The world needs cohesion more than ever,” it said in German. Three weeks later, Macron and Scholz meet again, this time in Paris. And cohesion isn’t working so well at the moment.
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