As European leaders return from summer holiday to hold their first summit amid multiple international crises — in Africa, the Middle East and Ukraine — the bloc’s two economic heavyweights, France and Germany, are also emerging as the EU’s foreign policy leaders.
Instead of competing for primacy, experts say Paris and Berlin are helping to craft a more concerted EU diplomacy.
Little seems to be going right these days for France’s embattled President Francois Hollande — except for the country’s foreign policy, that is.
After launching military operations to tamp down violence in Mali and the Central African Republic, the French government has …read more
Source: Voice of America
