REFLECTIONS
France and Germany Update Their Alliance
Jan 11, 2019 | 22:23 GMT
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Highlights
- Paris and Berlin will ink a document pledging more cooperation on security, defense and economic matters as they display unity in the face of Europe's challenges.
- However, Germany will struggle to support France in its push to share financial risk across the Continent given Berlin's desire to maintain its close ties with fiscally conservative Northern European countries.
- Even with the renewed Franco-German alliance, political disagreement within the European Union will continue to complicate the bloc's quest for an effective foreign policy.
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