German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet French President Emmanuel Macron as the two nation's 60-year alliance face strain
A vast majority in both countries believe French-German collaboration is vital for the European Union but ties between the two sides seem to be strained.
The frictions are even being felt by the public, with 36 percent of French respondents and 39 percent of Germans telling pollster Ipsos this week that relations were suffering. Macron has also been cultivating other European partners, signing bilateral treaties with Italy and Greece in 2021 and another this week with Spain.
But as the war's toll mounted, France sent powerful mobile artillery to Ukraine ahead of the Germans last April, and this month announced supplies of light tanks before Washington and Berlin decided to send infantry fighting vehicles. But "even under the pressure of the events in Ukraine, apparently there isn't much movement" with contracts for the next stage of tank development still unsigned, researcher Ross said.
"We have to become aware that... the time may come when China oversteps its bounds," SPD leader Klingbeil told Die Zeit.
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