After months of friction, the Franco-German tandem of French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz tried to give a new impetus to the relationship between France and Germany by focusing on an agenda of increased sovereignty for the European Union on Sunday 22 January in Paris, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty.
With “the return of war to our continent, its energy and economic consequences”, in addition to the major climate and digital...