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Fiery clashes between Macron and Johnson: “This wine is as old as the last French naval victory”

The G7 meeting, which practically did nothing, was instead the battleground for a rivalry that has never actually subsided, but which Brexit has revitalized: that between France and the United Kingdom.

The subject of the dispute is Northern Ireland: the EU, or rather Macron, would like to impose customs controls between Belfast and London because now, after the Brexit agreements, Northern Ireland is part of the customs area of ​​the Union, but this against the territorial unity of the United Kingdom, a point not negotiable for Johnson. The British Prime Minister tried to explain this to Macron by giving an example of his attitude in the case of a customs control on sausages between Toulouse and Paris, to which Macron replied “ But these two cities are in the same country! ". Obviously, at this point, Johnson lost his temper, so much so that the French foreign ministry had to intervene, explaining that Macron meant that " Paris and Toulouse have territorial continuity ", an attempt to throw the ball for a corner. The Foreign Office's response was immediate:

(Macron's words) have real effects on the communities of Northern Ireland, they create great concern, great consternation. You could imagine if we were talking about Catalonia, the Flemish part of Belgium, one of the landers in Germany, Northern Italy, French Corsica as well as several countries. We need some respect here ”and the British foreign minister is absolutely right.

So the day ended badly, with Boris Johnson who, to apologize for abandoning his guests a little earlier, blamed the aged wine brought by Macron, which was " Old as the last naval battle won by the French ", in which would effectively make it more than 100 years old.

Joking aside, the French-led EU is incapable of overcoming its own petty pettiness and risks a real break with an ally like the UK. It is now time for Macron to give his hand to someone more mature and balanced in relationships with partners.


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This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/scontri-infuocati-fra-macron-e-johnson-questo-vino-e-vecchio-come-lultima-vittoria-navale-francese/ on Tue, 15 Jun 2021 07:00:00 +0000.