An off-the-cuff and not very productive German proposal has revived an older debate about France’s role and status in the world, as well as the measures which should be taken to enhance Europe’s strategic footprint.Recently in Berlin, the German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz revived the idea of transforming the permanent seat of France at the UN Security Council into a seat of the EU. Unsurprisingly, the notion was promptly rejected in Paris.The latest fracas is part of a broader cycle of occasional, yet tense moments between France and Germany, although the UN Security Council episode spotlights deeper structural differences between …read more
Source: Royal United Services Institute