8 minutes agoThe embarrassing door confirms the crisis between Macron and Scholz: No press conference after appointment
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The leaders of France and Germany, Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz, held a meeting in Paris on Wednesday to discuss a series of bilateral issues. After the meeting, however, there was no joint press conference, which many interpreted as the first sign of the dispute between allies, writes Politico. Although previously warned that Macron [...]
Although previously warned that Macron and Scholzi would hold a joint press conference after the meeting, which is a common activity after such meetings, this did not happen.
“Scholz traveled to Paris with a number of journalists, and from there he continued his diplomatic activities and went to Athens. To deny a press conference to a guest is a political tactic generally used when someone wants to be reproved. This is what Scholz himself did recently when Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visited Berlin”, the magazine writes.
Also, the lack of a joint press conference is just one of a host of problems between the two countries.
In recent weeks, Macron and Scholzi crashed over how to deal with the energy crisis, how to overcome Europe's weakness in defence, and how to find the best approach to solving China's problem. Tensions came to the public when the planned meeting of the Government of France and Germany was postponed for January due to major differences over the text when it comes to the joint declaration”, the Polyticos article further says.
According to the analysis, what French officials complain about is that Berlin does not treat them as a close partner.
For example, the French claim that they have not been informed in advance of the German relief package for energy prices worth 200 billion euros. Paris is frustrated by the fact that Germany is dealing only with lowering the gas price and not with lack of support for joint European defence technology projects”, the analysis stressed.
Tensions between Berlin and Paris have started since August, and the cause has been a meeting between Scholz and France's new prime minister, Elisabeth Borne.
