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Merz blames the federal government for upsets with Paris

Before Chancellor Olaf Scholz's visit to Paris, CDU leader Friedrich Merz blamed the federal government for the recent tensions with France.

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Merz blames the federal government for upsets with Paris

Before Chancellor Olaf Scholz's visit to Paris, CDU leader Friedrich Merz blamed the federal government for the recent tensions with France. "The Chancellor's trip to Paris is clearly intended to limit the damage," Merz told the "Augsburger Allgemeine" (Wednesday). The German-French relationship has been heavily burdened by the federal government in recent months, criticized Merz, who is also the leader of the Union faction in the Bundestag. "The Chancellor must use this trip to get the Franco-German engine running again."

Merz said the federal government was responsible for the recent upset with France, "not only because of the debate about energy policy, but also because of Mr. Scholz's planned visit to China next week." He follows with concern "how Germany is becoming increasingly isolated in Europe and that there is no longer a coordinated line between Germany and France on major international issues such as future dealings with China or the consequences of the Ukraine war".

CDU MP Gunther Krichbaum told the editorial network Germany (RND/Wednesday): "I can't remember that there was such a low point in Franco-German relations in the last two decades."

Scholz is visiting French President Emmanuel Macron this Wednesday. At a working lunch in Paris, the two want to talk about European policy and bilateral issues.

Originally, the Franco-German Council of Ministers should have met in Fontainebleau near Paris on this day - the first in the chancellorship of the social democrat Scholz. The meeting was postponed last week. The German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit cited the ongoing need for coordination on “bilateral issues” as one of the reasons for the postponement. From the Élysée Palace in Paris it was said that more time was needed to vote on defense and energy. However, the postponement says nothing about the state of the Franco-German relationship.

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