Thursday, February 19, 2004
This just in from Europe - Tony Blair's participation in a Franco-German summit has perturbed Chirac, who publicly scolded him that the Franco-German relationship cannot be replicated. Chirac tends to vent publicly when he loses control of things - it was reported weeks ago that Germany was seeking closer ties to Britain and that the German political class sees no gain in being handcuffed to France. A realignment is far from certain, but this meeting comes at a time when smaller European countries are increasingly doubtful of the Franco-German axis.
