French President Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Politico: Franco-German rift threatens to cancel joint Cabinet meeting
Relations between Paris and Berlin have been strained due to disagreements over the Midcat pipeline and military cooperation.
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is considering postponing a meeting of the French and German governments planned for next week because of concerns over a lack of progress in areas of supposed cooperation such as energy and defense, according to several French government officials.
Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, as well as their Cabinets, are scheduled to meet in Fontainebleau south of Paris next Wednesday for their yearly Franco-German ministerial council — the first such meeting since Scholz’s three-party coalition took office at the end of last year. The leaders are planning to sign a joint declaration to promote bilateral cooperation and European integration in various areas, but less than one week ahead of the meeting, both sides are still wrangling over key passages of the text.
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