Newly inaugurated French president heads to Germany

Annie Baxter May 15, 2017
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Newly inaugurated French president heads to Germany

Annie Baxter May 15, 2017
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It’s tradition for any new French president make a pilgrimage to Germany. Given the particular power of Angela Merkel, the defeat of an anti-EU French candidate and French winner Macron’s interest in more European economic integration, the meeting will be more closely watched than usual.

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