Brussels briefing

GERMANY, FRANCE GOING SEPARATE WAYS?

EU doctrine says that Germany and France united are the engine of the union. So there is always an arranged marriage between the leaders of the two countries and great things have been done when the couple get along.

But it has not been a marriage made in heaven for German chancellor Angela Merkel’s and her two French partners so far. And this week we had her and president Françoise Hollande getting back together again.