German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron showed some willingness to appease overnight in Brussels from Thursday to Friday after tensions erupted in broad daylight between Paris and Berlin.
“The cooperation between Germany and France, as well as between the Chancellor and the President, is intense and fruitful,” declared the German leader at the end of the first day of a European summit that resulted in a common roadmap to try to bring prices down. of energy.
Asked about the friction with the French head of state, who on Thursday multiplied the spades and warned against possible isolation from Germany, Olaf Scholz recalled that he saw him “constantly” and already had an appointment for a new meeting on Wednesday in Paris.
“Clearing up a lot of things”
This meeting next week, however, only replaces a Franco-German cabinet meeting, postponed due to disagreements on many issues.
The chancellor said that “in no way” did he feel isolated during the long and laborious energy talks.
This meeting “made it possible to clarify many things” to “have Germany’s agreement” on the final text, Emmanuel Macron greeted the press, believing that France had played its “role” by creating “unity between positions”.
“We don’t always have the same positions, which is normal,” he said again, appearing to play down disagreements that had been highlighted by the French camp before and during the summit.
Source: BFM TV
