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EU faces leadership void amid Germany’s political paralysis and France’s instability
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French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are each facing political crises at home.
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BERLIN – The Franco-German engine has not always run in sync in the past. However, in most cases, at least one of the two nations could take the lead when either Paris or Berlin found itself in a political bind.
This division of labour, however, no longer seems to function.
