Wooing Mrs Merkel
David Cameron can charm a German. But his Europe policy is a mess
A CENTURY ago Britain made a new enemy, Germany, on the back of its entente cordiale with an old one, France. The pre-existing order of friendship has since been resumed, however—as manifest in the contrasting receptions David Cameron, the prime minister, has given his French and German counterparts.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Wooing Mrs Merkel”
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