Germany’s Merz and France’s Macron: failed collaboration – Wiki Commons France and Germany are much better at fighting each other than at collaborating. Throughout history, the belligerent Germans (Prussians) and the French have fought no fewer than 9 wars against each other, ever since the 1700’s. Sometimes, like in the ‘War of the Fourth Coalition’ (1806–1807), Napoleonic France defeated Prussia; sometimes, like in World War II (1939–1945), Nazi Germany invaded and occupied France. Fast forward to the second half of the 20th century, when the European Union was created around the Franco-German alliance. Adolf Hitler tours occupied Paris in 1940 – Wiki Commons For decades, this alliance of former foes carried the European project – but actual bilateral collaboration is a tricky proposition. This has become…
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