The display of the videoconference is divided into two. To the left, the Élysée : Emmanuel Macron is in there, a slight smile on his lips. To the right, the federal chancellor : Angela Merkel ahead of a leisurely walk to the desk flanked by two flags, the German and the european. It is she who takes the floor first. She launches into the usual credo pro-european, reminds us just how much the franco-German friendship is important, points out that when Paris and Berlin give a pulse, this helps promote joint decision making 27.

And then, suddenly, her voice quiet and serious, which betray no...

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