On Wednesday 27 September, the German political parties enthusiastically welcomed, albeit with a few nuances, the previous day’s speech in Paris made by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron (see EUROPE 11870).
It is not going to be easy to find common ground between the parties that are potentially going to form a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel, on subjects such as the Eurozone, social harmonisation and defence. This will indeed be the coalition with which Emmanuel Macron will...