De Gaulle ‘understood UK better than its leaders’ says Daniel Hannan

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Published Aug 29, 2020

It was the French President Charles de Gaulle who famously told the German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in 1963 that, “Europe is France and Germany; the rest are just the trimmings”. His comment still appears relevant.

Last week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron met in a medieval island fortress in the Mediterranean to chart the next steps for the partnership that is the driving force behind the bloc.

Inside the walls of Fort de Brégançon, traditional summer residence of French leaders, the German Chancellor and French President attempted to tackle the most pressing issues on the global agenda.

Lebanon, anti-government protests in Belarus, the COVID-19 crisis, Mali’s coup d’état, and tensions between Greece and Turkey were discussed, according to an official in the French presidential administration.

At the same time Mrs Merkel was seeking to cement progress on some long-standing objectives.

These included, according to two senior German government sources, deciding what relationship Europe should have with a resurgent China, re-imagining the shape of the EU after Britain’s exit, and carving out a role for Europe as a defence power to match its economic might.

One of the two German government sources said: "Both Merkel and Macron are aware that the EU is in a crucial period.

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